By Angus McDowallTUNIS (Reuters) - A move by Libya's parliament to oust Interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, who had promised not to use his stand-in position for political advancement, is testament to his success in doing just that. A reported assassination attempt on Dbeibah overnight came a day after he vowed not to cede power to any new government without national elections. Yet as prime minister, Dbeibah courted almost all sections of Libya's fragmented political scene, pledging funds to forgotten towns, offering cash for newlyweds and striking deals with foreign powers for economic projects. Whatever the truth of the claims made for and against him, Dbeibah has undoubtedly emerged as a significant threat to the ambitions of Libya's other major factional leaders during his time in office. Dbeibah was chosen as premier through a political forum of 75 delegates picked by the United Nations from Libya's political and territorial factions at a vote in Geneva last year.

Source: Libya Today February 10, 2022 23:58 UTC