Recent political jostling and delays that followed have infuriated many in Libya. -EPALibyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah has promised to draft a new election law to solve the political crisis in the North African country. A day after surviving an alleged assassination attempt, al-Dbeibah on Friday told Libya Al Ahrar TV a bill would be presented to the House of Representatives then transferred to the presidential council for ratifying. Nearly three million Libyans signed up to vote in the December election, and the political jostling and delays that have followed have infuriated many. Libya's political rifts deepened after the parliament spokesman declared Fathi Bashagha as the new interim prime minister on Thursday, a move which al-Dbeibah rejected.

Source: Libya Today February 11, 2022 15:07 UTC