TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's parliament said on Thursday it will hold a session next week in which it is likely to vote on confirming a new interim government though the incumbent administration has vowed it will not hand over power. The parliament accuses Dbeibah of corruption and says his term expired on Dec. 24 when the election was meant to happen. Dbeibah denies this and says the parliament is itself no longer valid eight years after it was elected. Though the parliament also says it plans a referendum on a new temporary constitution, and elections after that, few analysts expect a national vote any time soon. Libya has had little peace or security since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising against Muammar Gaddafi and it split after the last national election in 2014 between warring administrations ruling in Tripoli and the east.

Source: Libya Today February 24, 2022 16:13 UTC