Libya's eastern parliament in Tobruk has approved United Nations envoy Ghassan Salame's proposed changes to the UN-brokered 2015 Skhirat accord that created a Tripoli-based national unity government, parliamentary spokesman Abdullah Belheeq told Adnkronos International (AKI) on Tuesday.
Salame sent Tobruk parliament and Libya's High Council of State advisory body the proposed amendments to the articles of the Skhirat accord over which Tobruk and Tripoli had failed to reach agreement.
The proposals envisage a State Presidential Council containing a president and two vice-presidents who will represent Libya's three main regions. They will be chosen by 10 members of Libya's High Council of State and 10 members of the Tobruk parliament, and will be selected from lists voted by the parliament.
Should no list obtain a majority of votes, there will be a second round of voting for the two lists that got the most votes in the first round, under Salame's proposals.
According to the proposals, the State Presidential Council will act as supreme commander of Libya's armed forces and will appoint the country's premier, provided its decisions are unanimous.