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 General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) has warned the residents of the western town of Khoms to expect more hours of power cuts after the town’s power plant lost 400 megawatts due to low gas pressure.
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.
Zliten has suspended classes of all private and public schools in the city for a week due to the rise of COVID-19 cases, announced the emergency committee of the municipality on Saturday.
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.
Libya’s public debt has reached 155 billion Libyan dinars (33 billion US dollars) as of this year, revealed a member of the government’s financial reform committee.
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.