A cancer at the heart of Libya’s re-emergenceHafed Al-GhwellFighters of the Tripoli-based government of Libya fight with Eastern forces in al-Yarmouk on May 7, 2019. Ironically, this is not the first time that the UN has gambled on those two bodies to agree on a legal framework for elections — elections that would almost certainly put them out of business. The Government of National Stability and the Government of National Unity both lack the ability to capably manage Libya’s transition. The Government of National Stability remains very much an iteration of a string of failed governments since 2014. There is plenty of blame to be apportioned, not least because of a decade of internal mudslinging and the clash of interests among opportunistic external actors seeking to create Libya’s political future.

Source: Libya Today June 25, 2022 19:20 UTC