The Presidential Council of the Libyan Accord Government announced that the announcement of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar himself as governor of Libya was not surprising, which is a step to cover his defeats, while the United States affirmed the rejection of this step.
Earlier on Monday, Haftar announced that the political agreement would be dropped to become part of the past and that he would install himself at the head of the country's leadership.
On April 23, Haftar called on the people of the people to drop the political agreement and delegate the institution they see as appropriate to lead the country, so that some of his supporters in the cities he controls, such as Benghazi (east), will be called out to invite him to run the country.
The Presidential Council of the Libyan reconciliation government said that no one or any country could "brag about the legitimacy of Haftar after this announcement," adding that Haftar turned up against the political institutions that supported him and appointed him.
The Council called on members of Parliament to join their colleagues in Tripoli to start a comprehensive dialogue.
For his part, warned the Libyan Presidential Council member Mohamed Ammari in remarks to the island of "an Emirati sabotage role seeking to divide Libya."
He said that the Al-Wefaq government confirms its continuation in its battle against Haftar, who confirmed by his decision that there is no partner in the political process.
Amari added to Al-Jazeera that Haftar fired a mercy bullet on everything related to the political process, and asserted in his move that there is no political partner, and that there is no political solution in Libya before the elimination of the coup project.
A member of the Presidential Council added that the Al-Wefaq government is closely monitoring all developments, and confirms its continuation in its battle against the retired Major General Khalifa Hifter.
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refused, for its part, the United States refused Monday to declare Hifter to install himself as governor of Libya and to drop the Skhirat political agreement.
This came in a statement to the American embassy in Tripoli, hours after Haftar announced his inauguration as head of the country, and the embassy stated that the United States expressed regret for what it described as "Haftar's proposal."
She stressed that "the changes in the Libyan political structure cannot be imposed through a unilateral declaration."
But the embassy welcomed any opportunity to engage Haftar and all parties in a serious dialogue on how to resolve the crisis and make progress in the country.
The Haftar militia urged to join the government of national reconciliation (internationally recognized) in declaring an immediate cessation of hostilities on humanitarian grounds, in light of the continued suffering of civilians during Ramadan and the pandemic of the Corona virus, which threatens to claim more lives.
The statement considered that an immediate cessation of hostilities will lead to a permanent ceasefire as stipulated in the "5 + 5" talks that the United Nations Support Mission in Libya pioneered on February 23 in Geneva.
The "5 + 5" military committee is made up of 5 officers representing the Al-Wefaq government, and 5 military personnel representing Haftar, and met in Geneva to discuss a UN-sponsored ceasefire, but the continued militia of Haftar's shelling of the neighborhoods of the capital Tripoli resulted in the freezing of its meetings.
In December 2015, the parties to the conflict in the country signed a political agreement in the Moroccan city of Skhirat that produced the formation of a presidential council leading the Al-Wefaq government, in addition to an extension to the parliament, and the establishment of a higher state council, but Haftar sought for years to block it and topple it.