An armed convoy affiliated with Libya parliament-Supported Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha moved to Tripoli on Thursday before shooting back as he was on his way take charge in the capital despite the incumbent operator’s refusal to sell power.
the parliament sworn in Basagha as prime minister a week ago, and he said on tuesday what he would do arrive in Tripoli within two days, promising to take over the government quietly there.
However, an attempt to install Bachagha in the capital could trigger fighting between armed factions that support him, and others who back the incumbent Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, who says he will only leave office after an election.
Military sources said the convoy set out from Misrata but could not find a route to Tripoli without encountering opposition from factions that back Dbeiba.
by Bashagha office said the convoy was “a security force”not seeking war and that he had returned to his previous base in response to requests for international and friends in the area.
A Reuters witness just outside Tripoli on the main coastal road in direction of Misrata says that there was military vehicles and stationed fighters in places along the road but the traffic was moving normally and there was no sign of clashes.
US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland tweeted that he had spoken to Bashagha and “congratulated him on his desire to defuse tensions today and to seek to resolve the current political disagreement through negotiations, not force.”
The UN Libya mission worried about what he called “information on the mobilization of force and movement of large convoys of armed groups that have increased tensions in and around Tripoli.”
Libya has experienced a rare period of relative calm since the collapse of 14 month assault on Tripoli in summer 2020 by eastern forces in civil war, leading to a peace process supported by the United Nations.
This process included the creation of Interim of Dbeibah government with mandate to unify state institutions that had been divided for years between rival governments in east and west, and to monitor the run-up for national elections.
However, the electoral process collapsed in December shortly before the scheduled date vote and rival factions quarreled over the right path forward.
the parliament which for the most part took ballast side during the civil war, said Dbeibah’s government had finished son term and announced a new transitional period under Bashagha new government and no elections before next year. However, Dbeibah has announced plans hold an election in Summer.
An armed convoy affiliated with Libya parliament-Supported Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha moved to Tripoli on Thursday before shooting back as he was on his way take charge in the capital despite the incumbent operator’s refusal to sell power.
the parliament sworn in Basagha as prime minister a week ago, and he said on tuesday what he would do arrive in Tripoli within two days, promising to take over the government quietly there.
However, an attempt to install Bachagha in the capital could trigger fighting between armed factions that support him, and others who back the incumbent Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, who says he will only leave office after an election.
Military sources said the convoy set out from Misrata but could not find a route to Tripoli without encountering opposition from factions that back Dbeiba.
by Bashagha office said the convoy was “a security force”not seeking war and that he had returned to his previous base in response to requests for international and friends in the area.
A Reuters witness just outside Tripoli on the main coastal road in direction of Misrata says that there was military vehicles and stationed fighters in places along the road but the traffic was moving normally and there was no sign of clashes.
US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland tweeted that he had spoken to Bashagha and “congratulated him on his desire to defuse tensions today and to seek to resolve the current political disagreement through negotiations, not force.”
The UN Libya mission worried about what he called “information on the mobilization of force and movement of large convoys of armed groups that have increased tensions in and around Tripoli.”
Libya has experienced a rare period of relative calm since the collapse of 14 month assault on Tripoli in summer 2020 by eastern forces in civil war, leading to a peace process supported by the United Nations.
This process included the creation of Interim of Dbeibah government with mandate to unify state institutions that had been divided for years between rival governments in east and west, and to monitor the run-up for national elections.
However, the electoral process collapsed in December shortly before the scheduled date vote and rival factions quarreled over the right path forward.
the parliament which for the most part took ballast side during the civil war, said Dbeibah’s government had finished son term and announced a new transitional period under Bashagha new government and no elections before next year. However, Dbeibah has announced plans hold an election in Summer.