Libya’s High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) announced the start of voting in the local council elections on Saturday morning, calling on Libyans to assume their responsibilities and go to the polling stations where they are registered to exercise their right to vote and choose who will represent them in the local councils.

Voting began in 352 electoral centres with 777 polling stations in 58 local councils, with 186,555 voters registered in the local council election records, and will continue until 6 p.m., according to a statement issued by the commission.