Libyan parliament speaker calls for specialized committee to oversee elections

TRIPOLI, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Aguila Saleh, speaker of the Libyan eastern-based House of Representatives, has described the idea of forming a new unified government to oversee elections "unrealistic," and proposed instead the formation of a seven-member committee to undertake this task, local media reported late Monday.

In an interview with Libyan television channel Al-Masar TV on Monday, Saleh said that making a