On Sunday, the Libyan government announced that it is ready to hold the country's presidential elections on December 24, despite uncertainties that the crucial vote will happen on time. 

"We are ready for the elections," said Ramadan Abu Jnah, the interim head of the government since Abdulhamid Dbeibah, the interim Prime Minister-designate, publicized that he will be running for the presidency. 

"The government has spared no effort to support the electoral commission (HNEC). We have the chance to make December 24 a historic day," Abu Jnah said.

After dealing with perpetual violence since 2011, Libya attempts to transition into a new phase through the December 2021 elections. Muammar al-Gaddafi's son, Seif al-Islam, has announced he will be running for the position, getting his approval earlier this month after a blatant rejection. 

"Nobody should deprive Libyans of this historic deadline and we will not let anybody do so," Abu Jnah told a press conference in Tripoli, saying that the transitional executive was "ready to hand over power to an elected government".

The Minister of Interior, Khaled Mazen, stressed that the elections must be held on time and that the Ministry of Interior "carried out its work to protect and secure voting centers" despite "obstacles."

Libyan High Council of State calls for postponing elections

A few days back, the High Council of State in Libya called for postponing the December 24 presidential elections until February, amid growing differences over the rules and legal basis for voting aimed at ending the 10-year instability.

The statements of the High Council, an advisory body established under the Libyan political agreement of 2015 and not recognized by all political entities in the country, came less than three weeks before the elections.