Libya's contested new cabinet convened for the first time today, defying the outgoing administration, which refuses to hand over power and held its own session.
Amid the political chaos in the largely lawless North African state, the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced that Libya is go to the polls on June 25 as planned.
A source in new Prime Minister Ahmed Miitig's office said his team met in a Tripoli luxury hotel.
The seat of government is still occupied by the outgoing cabinet, which said it also met today.
The incoming team's agenda covered security issues and ministerial programmes, the source said, asking not to be named.
The governmental crisis adds to security chaos at a time when state coffers in the oil-rich country are being drained and a 2014 budget has yet to be adopted.
At a news conference, HNEC president Imad al-Sayeh urged Libyans to register on electoral lists by a midnight deadline, noting that only 1.4 million of the 3.4 million eligible voters had signed up so far.
The date for polling remains June 25, as announced earlier this month, "and Libyans living abroad will vote on June 21-22," he said.
