TRIPOLI (HRNW) – Libya s interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah led a cabinet meeting on Thursday, marking his return to the post despite concerns that postponement of the country s presidential election could jeopardize his position.
The election, set for December 24, was meant to be the culmination of United Nations-led efforts to drag Libya out of a decade of conflict since a 2011 revolt against dictator Moamer Kadhafi.
But it was derailed by bitter arguments over divisive candidates — among them Dbeibah himself — and a disputed legal framework.
Dbeibah, a business tycoon, had taken leave from his role as head of a unity government to stand in the election. His administration is based in the capital Tripoli, in the country s west, and was tasked with leading the North African country to the ballot box.
The mandate of the interim government was theoretically meant to end on December 24, but the United Kingdom s embassy in Tripoli has said in a tweet that London “continues to recognise the #Government_of_National_Unity as the authority tasked with leading #Libya to #elections and does not endorse the establishment of parallel governments or institutions.”
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