Rival administrations from each end of Libya claim to be its legitimate rulers until elections are held. Bashagha, a former interior minister and air force pilot, was named prime minister by the country’s east-based parliament in February. But his rival, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, based in Tripoli in the country’s west, has refused to step down, insisting he will hand over power only to an elected government. As an interim prime minister, Dbeibah was to have led the country through elections in December, but the vote never took place. Bashagha said Abdel-Ghani al-Kikli, a Tripoli militia leader, was part of the effort to attack him after he entered Tripoli.

Source: Libya Today May 26, 2022 11:41 UTC