UN leader Ban Ki-moon hailed on Sunday Libya’s first elections since the downfall of Moammar Gaddafi and urged Libya’s new leaders to govern in a spirit of “justice” and “reconciliation”

UN leader Ban Ki-moon hailed on Sunday Libya’s first elections since the downfall of Moammar Gaddafi and urged Libya's new leaders to govern in a spirit of “justice” and “reconciliation”.

In a statement released by his spokesman's office, Ban noted that Saturday's voting had been "well-conducted and transparent" even though some Libyans had "faced threats to their security."
  
Libyans voted for a General National Congress, a 200-member legislative assembly which will steer the country through a transition period. Turnout was above 60 percent, the electoral commission said.
 
No official results have been announced but Ban said he hoped whoever wins and takes on the task of writing a new constitution "will do so in a spirit of inclusion, justice and reconciliation among all Libyans."
 
"Last year, thousands of Libyans sacrificed their lives or suffered lasting injury in order to win the right of the Libyan people to build a new state founded on human dignity and the rule of law," Ban said.