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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Libya Parliament to Vote on New Government Next Week

Security forces stand guard outside the Parliament building, in Tobruk, Libya, February 10, 2022. (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.

A year after a unity government was installed in Tripoli and two months after a scheduled election was cancelled amid arguments over the rules, the dispute over how to move forward threatens to plunge Libya back into division.

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