He then proposed to Libya's parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), to reschedule the elections for 24 January 2022. But rather than resolve and reschedule elections, the HoR appointed a new rival Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha on 10 February, dividing Libya between two rival political administrations. Libya's political deadlockSince last summer, however, the LPDF faced internal political deadlock over how to proceed with the legal framework, namely a constitutional basis for elections. In September, Saleh illegally bypassed a parliamentary vote and issued a presidential elections law by decree. Saleh's own constitutional process is designed to allow him to delay parliamentary elections until the HoR's work on a new constitution is completed.

Source: Libya Today February 21, 2022 21:53 UTC