Libyan rival parliaments agree on future gov't structure

Libya's two rival parliaments on Sunday announced an initial agreement to end the country's political crises.

The agreement was signed by representatives of both parliaments, the internationally-recognized House of Representatives and the Islamist self-proclaimed General National Congress, in the Tunisian capital Tunis.

According to the agreement, a committee will be formed consisted of 10 members to decide on a government within two weeks. It also states that a committee will be formed of 10 members to revise the constitution in accordance with the nature of the current phase.

Some political sources told Xinhua that the new constitution will be based on the royal constitution of Libya, which was made in 1951 and revised in 1963. The constitution was made shortly after Libya's independence.

Libyan local media reported that the agreement was different than the UN-brokered one, and the negotiators from the two sides claimed it a "Libya-Libya solution" without interference from outsiders.

It was unknown whether the UN have the knowledge of the deal.

UN Support Mission in Libya has sponsored session of dialogue for months between Libyan rival parties, in and outside of Libya, in order to put an end to the country's political crises.

Libya suffers a political division with two rival parliaments and governments battling to legitimacy. The country has been struggling to make a democratic transition after the 2011 turmoil that toppled former leader Muammar Gaddafi. Endit