Libya: UN special adviser meets the two rival prime ministers
Stephanie Williams (our photo) repeated the same message to the two Prime Ministers: it is necessary to "maintain calm on the ground above all".
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The international community at the bedside of Libya.
The country has two prime ministers.
Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, in office for a year, and the former Minister of the Interior, Fathi Bachagha, chosen last Thursday by the Parliament of Tobruk.
A worrying situation, as the transition continues to drag on and elections are still awaited after the aborted election of December 2021. Yesterday, February 13, Stéphanie Williams, UN Special Adviser for Libya, met the two men in order to avoid an escalation.
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Stéphanie Williams repeated the same message to the two Prime Ministers: it is necessary to "
above all preserve calm on the ground, in the interest of unity and stability
" of the country.
The diplomat was careful to maintain her neutrality.
The UN also says it continues to recognize Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, while having "
taken note
" of the appointment of Fathi Bachagha.
Complex game
Either a complex balancing act, facing a two-headed Libyan executive that plunges the country into uncertainty.
"
It's a
status quo
with which the international community is content, because it seeks above all to avoid violence
," reports an observer.
To the UN special envoy, Abdel Hamid Dbeibah said "
the need to complete the roadmap
" and create the conditions for elections and a constitutional referendum.
The Prime Minister based in Tripoli thus shows that his position has not changed.
It will only cede power to an elected government.
Will the violence resume?
Now is the situation tenable or will the violence resume?
According to Emmanuel Dupuy, “
there is always a risk
”.
But the president of the Prospective and Security Institute in Europe does not believe in an open war for the moment, “
because no external actor seems in a posture of confrontation
”.
We therefore seem to be heading towards a
status quo
that could last for months.
With an end of transition postponed indefinitely.
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