{Libya’s UN-backed Presidential Council, based in Tunis, has called on the international community to stop dealing with any rival powers within Libya.}<\/p>\n
The council nominated a unity government last month, but recognition of the cabinet has been delayed.<\/p>\n
Libya has had two competing governments since 2014, following the downfall of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.<\/p>\n
The eastern House of Representatives (HOR), based in Tobruk, has failed to vote to approve the unity government.<\/p>\n
The council said in a statement on Saturday that a document signed by a majority of the HOR’s members backing the new government, as well as the endorsement by the Political Dialogue Team, represented a “green light to start work”.<\/p>\n
However, on Thursday, a statement by Libya’s Political Dialogue Team – composed of members of political figures in Libya and some MPs representing the country’s two rival parliaments – did not appear to pave the way for this move.<\/p>\n
It called for a speedy parliamentary vote on the proposed government, the BBC’s Rana Jawad in Tunis notes.<\/p>\n
The Presidential Council is tasked with organising a transition of power to end the political chaos and armed conflict that has plagued Libya since Gaddafi’s downfall.<\/p>\n
But the Tunis-based council has faced stiff opposition from hardliners in both the HOR, which has received international recognition, and in a rival parliament in the capital, Tripoli.<\/p>\n
The political and security vacuum in the country has helped the so-called Islamic State group to establish a foothold in the north African country, carrying out attacks on cities and against oil installations.<\/p>\n
The council was formed with the signing of a UN-brokered political agreement in December.<\/p>\n
Its first proposal in January was marred by divisions over who would occupy senior security posts and was rejected.<\/p>\n
Its members are still working outside Libya because rival factions in the capital, Tripoli, and their militia backers, remain opposed to the political agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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