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State employees are to receive their salaries for March, the Presidency Council has decreed.

The State Council is said to have ordered all Libyan institutions to stop dealing with the General National Congress.  The Eye of Libya website, which is close to the Muslim Brotherhood, carried the claim this afternoon.

Deputy House of Representatives (HoR) president Emhemed Shouaib has issued a statement today, a copy of which was received by Libya Herald, clarifying what was agreed upon at the recent Cairo meeting,

Prime minister-designate Faiez Serraj and most of the Presidency Council are reported today to be heading to Tripoli by boat in a last-ditch attempt to get to the Libyan capital.

The president of the House of Representatives (HoR), Ageela Saleh, has again called on members to turn up and take the necessary political decisions to enable Libya to move forward.

The House of Representatives (HoR) has failed to meet in official session in Tobruk again today due to the lack of a quorum.

Sunday has been a busy and tense day in the capital Tripoli as locals woke up to the rumours and counter rumours that PM-designate Faiez Serraj and his GNA were again on their way to the capital. This followed on from the same rumours Friday and Saturday.

House of Representatives president Ageela Saleh has called on its members to turn up on Monday and Tuesday to debate the proposed Government of National Accord and the constitutional amendment.

The Presidency Council must go to Tripoli and, as its top priority, start rebuilding the Libyan armed forces so that they can fight the so-called Islamic State (IS/) Special Envoy Martin Kobler has said.