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Libya parliament suspends rival eastern-based PM Bashagha

Fathi Bashagha was the prime minister of Libya's eastern-based parliament, known as the House of Representatives, which operates in Tobruk [File: Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters]

Libya’s eastern-based parliament has voted to suspend its appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha, and assign his finance minister Osama Hamada to his duties.

Parliament spokesperson Abdullah Belhaiq announced the suspension of Bashagha, who is a rival to the prime minister of the UN-recognised Government of National Unity (GNU), on Tuesday.

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