Libya's Presidential Council continues tedious work on unity government; Factions among groups slow down process

The Tunis-based Presidential Council together with the support of the UN is continuing its work to pave way for a new Libyan unity government. The council called on to the country's institution and international community to deal directly with the newly installed unity government.

Since 2014, Libya has been divided into two opposing governments since the collapse of Muammar Gaddafi's reigns in 2011. The council was able to nominate a unity government last month but it was not approved by the cabinet while the eastern House of Representative based in Tobruk also failed to vote the approval of the unity government as per BBC.

After this latest failure of the HOR to vote for a unity government, Martin Kobler, UN Libya envoy, talked to the group that signed the deal in December. They now urged the council to take all the necessary steps to quickly start the work from the capital and further called on the HOR to further take the steps in supporting the unity government as reported by The Guardian.

According to the council, the document signed by the majority members of the HOR regarding backing up the new government as well as the endorsement by the Political Dialogue Team means that the work on forming the new government should be started.

The task of organizing a transitional power to end the political chaos and armed conflict that has troubled Libya has been given to the Presidential Council. But according to Gulf News, the Presidential Council itself has also been divided. Composed of nine members, two of them suspended their participation in the activity and also refused to place their names on the proposed list of ministers.

The council also faced stiff opposition from die-hard Gaddafi supporters in both HOR as well as its rival parliament in the capital of Tripoli.  This situation has created a security vacuum that increased the Islamic state groups grasp in the North African country. These groups carry out attacks on different cities as well as oil installations.

The members of the council are now continuing its works outside Libya. The rival groups in the capital and their militia backups still continue to disagree with the new political set up.

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