The Libyan House of Representatives, held in Tobruk, east of the country, today, Tuesday, granted confidence to a new government headed by Fathi Bashagha, to be an alternative to the national unity government headed by Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, who refuses to give up power except for an “elected authority.”
And 92 deputies out of 101 who were present voted in favor of granting confidence to the new government, during the session, which lasted less than half an hour and was broadcast by local media.
After the end of the session, Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh said that, according to this vote, "confidence was given to the new government."
For his part, Bashagha said that he had made arrangements with what he described as the security and military authorities so that his new government would take Tripoli as its headquarters.
Early last month, the parliament, which is based in the east, appointed the former interior minister and influential politician, Fathi Bashagha, 60, as prime minister to replace Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, but the latter confirmed that he would not give up power except for an elected authority.
The choice of Bashagha came, after the House of Representatives adopted, in the past weeks, a new road map, according to which the government will be reconstituted and elections will be held within a maximum of 14 months, which caused division and rejection over delaying their holding until such a distant date.
At the end of last month, Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba presented an initiative to organize parliamentary elections and relay the presidential elections before the end of next June.
Within this framework, Dabaiba was appointed by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum a year ago to head a transitional government, whose mission is to unify institutions and lead the country to presidential and legislative elections scheduled for December 24.
But the deep differences led to the postponement of these elections indefinitely.
The international community had high hopes for the elections, which would contribute to the stability of a country that has been torn apart and still in chaos for 11 years.
The situation in Libya is not known with the presence of two prime ministers in power, with the escalation of warnings that it would be the beginning of a political division, such as the one that ravaged the country with “two executive heads” about 8 years ago.
Reuters says that choosing a new prime minister in light of this division may push what it described as the fragile peace process to the edge of the abyss and raise the risks of new fighting or divisions.