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Libya: Aghila Saleh calls for new government

Libyan Parliament Speaker Angila Saleh today called for the formation of a new transitional government in Tripoli, as he believes that the current government’s mandate has expired, with the postponement of the elections.

The December 24 presidential and parliamentary elections, which were to take place shortly after the UN-sponsored peace agreement, were postponed indefinitely due to disagreements between the two rival factions: the Eastern Libyan authorities, ie the Parliament, and of the forces of General Khalifa Haftar on the one hand and of the national unity government of Abdelhamid Dbeiba, based in Tripoli, on the other.

The government’s mandate “expired based on the motion of censure passed by Parliament and the fact that its term ended on December 24,” Saleh told a Tobruk-based parliament session. “A new government must be formed,” he added.

Saleh, who was also a candidate in the postponed presidential election, also called on the attorney general to “investigate the government’s spending” from the day he took office, as well as “abuse of power and appointments in violation of the rules.” “.

On September 21, Parliament relinquished its confidence in the Dbeiba government, instructing it to handle only current affairs, until the theoretical end of its term on December 24. The government did not take the vote into account and intends to remain in office until elections are held, on a date that has not yet been set.

Saleh also asked the governor of the Central Bank not to transfer funds to the government without the consent of Parliament.

In a joint statement in late December, the United States, France, Britain, Germany and Italy called for a new election timetable to be set quickly and voiced support for the transitional government in Tripoli until elections were held to prevent a resurgence. the power struggle in Libya.

SOURCE: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ

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Source From: Capital

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