Yesterday, Thursday, the new Libyan government headed by Fathi Bashagha was sworn in before the House of Representatives, which was held in Tobruk (east), in the absence of a number of ministers, and after the rival government headed by Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba was accused of trying to obstruct the process.

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives granted the Bashagha government its confidence, to replace the government of Dabaiba, who refused to give up his position except to an “elected authority,” and set a date for it to be sworn in on Thursday.

Fathi Bashagha, along with a number of his ministers, took the oath before the House of Representatives, and a number of channels and websites broadcast the session live.

Three ministers were unable to attend the session after they were detained by armed men, according to media reports and Bashagha himself, while the Minister of Economy announced his withdrawal from the government before the session, and other ministers were absent without knowing the reasons.

The government lineup consists of 40 ministers, in a country that has been suffering for years from successive wars and deep financial, economic and political crises.

In his speech after the swearing-in, Bashagha said: "I condemn the unjustified state of escalation by some parties to prevent some ministers from taking the oath, as well as the cowardly act carried out by an armed group of attacking and confiscating the freedom of 3 ministers, preventing them from reaching Tobruk to take the oath."

He was referring to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Culture and Technical Education.

He added, "We are advocates of peace in word and deed, and today some want to drag us into wars and fighting, but we will not give them a chance and we will not shed a single drop of blood."

Then he added, "But we will not allow this to continue, and we have started the procedures for receiving power from inside Tripoli by force of law."

He reiterated the emphasis on working "with all strength to end the transitional stages and reach the elections."


In the morning, Bashagha accused Dabaiba of preventing members of his government from traveling from Tripoli to Tobruk in the east of the country, where Parliament is located, by closing the airspace.

The Dabaiba government has not yet issued any official comment on these accusations.

Jamal Shaaban, a candidate for the Ministry of Economy in Bashagha's government, announced that he will not participate in the new government due to doubts in the voting process that took place on Tuesday.

The United Nations had expressed concern about the atmosphere that accompanied the process of granting the new government confidence.

The United Nations raised doubts last night about the validity of Parliament's bid to install the new prime minister, saying it was concerned by reports that this measure "does not live up to expected standards."

And she confirmed in a press statement that she was "concerned by reports that the vote in the parliament session did not live up to the expected standards and transparency, with a threat that preceded the session."

The position of international powers will be a major factor in this dispute over control of Libya, in light of the risk of renewed war after a year and a half of relative calm between major factions fighting for control of the oil-rich country.

Early last month, the House of Representatives chose former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha, 60, as prime minister.

This came after the House of Representatives adopted a new roadmap according to which the government will be reconstituted and the elections will be held within a maximum of 14 months, which caused division and rejection about postponing them to this date, which some considered far away, while these elections were supposed to have been held at the end of last year. .

A year ago, the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum appointed Dabaiba to head a transitional government whose mission is to unify institutions and lead the country to presidential and legislative elections that were scheduled for December 24, but deep differences led to the postponement of these elections indefinitely.

The international community had high hopes for those elections, which would contribute to the stability of a country that has been torn apart by chaos for 11 years.

There are currently two prime ministers in power, and the position of the international community on this is not yet clear, and warnings are mounting that the presence of two governments will be the beginning of a new political division, such as the one that the country witnessed with “two executive heads” over many years, before reaching a political agreement under the auspices of the United Nations. His path with Dabaiba assuming the presidency of the "national accord" government.