The head of the transitional government in Libya, Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, called on all parties to rally around the new executive authority to end the conflict and reach democratic elections, while the Joint Military Committee held new discussions on the terms of the ceasefire and agreed to start clearing mines.
In a televised speech, Dabaiba called on Libyans to "rally around this government" in order to "rebuild" the country, and expressed his readiness to "listen to everyone and work with everyone with different ideas, constituencies, sects and regions."
He believed that the victory of his list "went beyond a stand-alone victory for what is greater than that, as it represents the symbolism of the victory of national unity, collecting the diaspora, building peace, and achieving the desired democracy."
Dabaiba affirmed his commitment to conducting elections on democratic foundations, respecting the constitution, and developing relations with neighboring countries to serve the national interest and achieve security and stability in the region.
On Saturday, Libya entered a new transitional phase, the day after the election of a unified interim executive authority that must form a government and prepare for the national elections scheduled for next December to end a decade of chaos.
Eng. Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, 61, was elected Friday in Geneva as prime minister for the transitional period, by the participants in the political dialogue that was launched last November between the Libyan factions under the auspices of the United Nations.
Haftar's forces welcome
For his part, retired Libyan Major General Khalifa Haftar welcomed the election of the new executive authority, and expressed his hope that it would be able to implement the required measures, leading up to the date of the elections being held on December 24th.
Haftar's spokesman, Ahmed Al-Mesmari, gave a brief televised speech from the city of Benghazi, in the east of the country, in which he congratulated the Libyan people on the results of the Forum for Political Dialogue and the Selection of Authority, which is composed of a Presidential Council and the head of a national unity government.
Al-Mismari added, "We congratulate the national figures who were elected to fill the duties of the head of the national government, Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, and the Presidential Council, Muhammad Al-Manfi."
Earlier, the candidates who lost the vote - including the speaker of parliament in Tobruk, eastern Libya, Aqila Saleh, the Minister of Interior of the Government of National Accord, Fathi Bashagha, and the Minister of Defense Salah al-Nimroush - issued statements of support for the new government.
On the other hand, the Joint Military Committee (5 + 5) agreed to start clearing mines in preparation for opening the coastal road.
A source from the committee told Al-Jazeera that clearing mines will start from the city of Sirte in the direction of the rest of the cities, and confirmed that the committee has completed discussions on mechanisms for implementing the ceasefire provisions, the most important of which is the opening of the coastal road between the east and west of the country, and the final exit of mercenaries and foreign forces.
The committee reiterated its call on the UN Security Council and the countries of the Berlin Conference to oblige the countries that have mercenaries in Libya to withdraw them immediately.