CAIRO (AP) – Libya’s east-based Parliament on Thursday appointed a new prime minister, a development that counters United Nations (UN) efforts to reconcile the divided country and will likely produce two parallel administrations. East-based lawmakers named on Thursday former interior minister Fathi Bashagha to replace Abdul Hamid Dbeibah as head of a new interim government, according to the Parliament spokesman, Abdullah Bliheg. At the UN, reporters pressed spokesman Stephane Dujarric, about the appointment and which Libyan prime minister the UN recognises. Thursday’s appointment is expected to deepen divisions between rival factions in the country. Arriving at Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport late on Thursday, Bashagha thanked Dbeibah for having taken “responsibility in sensitive times”.

Source: Libya Today February 11, 2022 21:07 UTC