Libya’s rival leaders were under growing street pressure on Saturday after protesters stormed parliament as anger exploded over deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock. UN-mediated talks in Geneva this week aimed at breaking the deadlock between rival Libyan institutions failed to resolve key differences. But voting never took place due to several contentious candidacies and deep disagreements over the polls’ legal basis between the rival power centres in east and west. A local journalist said protesters in Libya’s third city Misrata were blocking roads after setting fire to a municipal building on Friday night. He urged Libya’s “political leaders across the spectrum and their foreign backers to seize the moment to restore the confidence of their citizens in the country’s future”.

Source: Libya Today July 03, 2022 12:51 UTC