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Libya’s parallel government of Fathi Bachagha accused his rival Abdulhamid Dbeibah of preventing several ministers from attending his swearing-in ceremony on Thursday (March 3) in the eastern parliament of Tobruk.
The Libyan parliament was meeting on Thursday for a session on the formation of the new government.
Current Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah has expressed his intention to hold parliamentary elections next summer and warned of the risk of war in the event of the formation of a parallel government.
Eleven years since Libya’s uprising, a deepening political crisis now threatens progress made to help communities rebuild over the last year.
While Fathi Bashagha was appointed last Thursday as Libya’s new Prime Minister by the Parliament, his predecessor Abdelhamid Dbeibah still refuses to step down, worsening the country’s political woes of the past decade.
Gunmen have attacked a car carrying Libyan prime minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah who escaped unharmed in an apparent assassination attempt in Tripoli on Thursday morning.
International relief agencies have jointly decried the renewed crackdown on migrants including women and children in Libya.
Libyans have expressed disquiet over the postponement of what would have been a landmark presidential election on December 24th 2021.
Libya’s presidential election which was scheduled for December 24, 2021 has been postponed until January 24th next year, according to the country’s electoral body.
Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum, has pleaded with the UN to proceed with the holding of presidential election in Libya as planned on December 24.