Muhammad Al-Abani, a member of parliament, said that replacing the Government of National Unity has become a decision of at the hands of the House of Representatives since its session last week.
Amnesty International Monday released a statement condemning the European Union’s cooperation with Libyan authorities to intercept refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. According to Amnesty, “migrants and refugees both in and outside of detention in Libya are systematically subjected to a litany of abuses by militias, armed groups and security forces with impunity.”
Libya’s House of Representatives will review the candidacy files of those who were nominated to lead a new interim government, which would replace the government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, a member of parliament revealed on Tuesday.
Libya’s political and military parties agree with the parliament’s decision to form a new interim government, which would replace the government of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Libyan political activist said on Monday.
The Security Council on Monday approved another “technical rollover” for the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) as council members could not find consensus on a substantive mandate renewal.
The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) Aqila Saleh said Tuesday that the HoR started to accept candidates’ paperwork for the position of the Prime Minister and the selection of the winning name to replace the current PM, Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, will take place on February 08.
Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh said that delaying the departure of the Parliament’s plane from Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport for 6 hours was a “deliberate act.”
Deputy Prime Minister Hussien Al-Qatrani met on Monday with the European Union’s Ambassador to Libya, Jose Sabadell to discuss the EU’s support for Libya.
Libya’s political rivals should stop conducting musical chairs to stay in power and focus instead on preparing for nationwide elections to be held by June, the U.N. Special Adviser Stephanie Williams said.
Kuwait’s Foreign Minister, Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah, affirmed his country’s support for Libya regarding the electoral process, according to a statement by the Libyan foreign ministry.