The message of positivity from the new unity government has offered a refreshing change from the country’s typical fare. This union between Dbeibeh and Libya’s political “dinosaurs” could be ruinous for the fragile and increasingly impoverished country. Over the past five years, Libya’s parliament has only really come together and worked to secure new powers for itself, or to block developments such as elections, that could see them lose it. Job not yet doneThe great fear of Libyans now is that Libya’s unity government is unified only by the promise of a flood of corruption. Although they should be relieved at having shepherded Libya this far, they should not believe that the job is done.

Source: Libya Today April 13, 2021 09:22 UTC