Tripoli (Libya), Nov 21 (AP) Libya's interim prime minister filed a request Sunday to run for president despite being technically barred from the upcoming elections.

Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah is meant to lead the country until a winner is declared following national and presidential elections on December 24.

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Dbeibah is barred from running under Libya's current election laws.

He promised he would not seek office in this year's elections as a condition to taking on his caretaker role earlier this year.

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In order to be eligible, he also would have needed to have suspended himself from governmental duties at least three months before the polling date, which he did not. (AP)

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