Libya’s desperate lunge for change continuesHafed Al-GhwellShort Url https://arab.news/ynanmLast week, enraged Libyans took to the streets in cities across the country in the most raucous demonstration of public anger since the fall of the Muammar Qaddafi regime more than a decade ago. Bashagha’s rival government might have the backing of the House of Representatives but it has no control over any state institutions. However, this view deliberately ignores the underlying, well-documented fragilities that would prevent elections from ever taking place securely, competently and legitimately. • Hafed Al-Ghwell is a non-resident senior fellow with the Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Twitter: @HafedAlGhwellDisclaimer: Views expressed by writers in this section are their own and do not necessarily reflect Arab News' point of view

Source: Libya Today July 09, 2022 19:57 UTC