Eastern based Libyan government hands over to unified Government of National Unity: Libya finally has one government! London, 23 March 2021:In yet another symbolic Libyan occasion in recent weeks, the eastern-based Libyan government today handed over the reins of power to the exclusive Libyan government: The Government of National Unity. The occasion marks yet another historic moment in Libya’s recent political history following the selection by the 74-member Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) in Geneva on 5 February of the GNU. UNSMIL had selected the initially 75-member LPDF (one member subsequently passed away) after the conflicting Libyan parties failed since the Skhirat 2015 Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) to move the Libyan political process forward. This is the first unified Libyan government since the 2014 ‘‘Libya Dawn” Tripoli militia coup that led to the political, military and to a degree, economic split of the country.

Source: Libya Today March 23, 2021 15:56 UTC