Libya’s east-based parliament has appointed former Interior Minister Fathi Bashaga as the new prime minister, a development that could derail the United Nations-led efforts to reconcile the war-torn country and one likely to produce two parallel administrations.
The Tobruk-based House of Representatives said its decision on Thursday followed the failure of Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, the incumbent prime minister, to hold national elections in December, something that was agreed to under a UN-brokered peace process.
