Egypt is in contact with all Libyan parties to promote stability after the Libyan parliament decided to name new prime minister, said Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Saturday.
Libyan armed groups have rallied in the country’s capital to support Abdul Hamid Dbeibah’s claim to legitimacy as the head of the Libyan government after the parliament named Fathi Bashagha as new interim leader.
Libya needs elections as soon as possible, not another extension of the transitional period as voted by the House of Representatives, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh said.
It is business as usual for the Government of National Unity (GNU), led by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, despite the decision of the House of Representative to replace him with Fathi Bashagha, revealed the government’s spokesman Mohamed Hamouda.
The Municipal Council Sirte announced on Friday its support for Fathi Bashagha who was named as a Libya’s new interim prime minister by the House of Representatives.
Khaled Al-Mishri, chairman of the High Council of State, on Friday spoke on the phone with Richard Norland, the U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, to discuss recent political developments in Libya.
The UN chief is “following closely” the latest political crisis unfolding in Libya following the parliament’s decision to name a new prime minister, which which threatens to return the country to a stand-off position between two rival authorities.
Journalists and employees of Libyan News Agency (LANA) rejected the decision of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh to appoint a new chairman of the agency’s board of directors.