Supporters of Libyan renegade general Khalifa Haftar have rallied for him to take over the country as he insisted that the mandate of the UN-backed government in the capital, Tripoli, has expired and the institutions it created are "void".
The UN-brokered Libyan political agreement, signed in Morocco's Skhirat in on December 17, 2015, established Libya's Government of National Accords (GNA) for a one-year period, which could be renewed only once.
The UN said the agreement, which aimed to unite the country's warring factions, is still in force until a new one is adopted.
But Haftar, who backs a rival administration in the east, rejected the statement.
"The 17th of December has arrived and brought with it the end of the so-called Skhirat agreement," Haftar, who never recognised the authority of the GNA, said in a televised appearance on Sunday night.
"Therefore all institutions created by this agreement are void," he added.
"These institutions have not obtained full legitimacy since the first day they started working, and as of today, Libyans feel that they have lost patience and that the promised period of peace and stability has become a faraway dream."
[aljazeera.com]
18/12/17
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The UN-brokered Libyan political agreement, signed in Morocco's Skhirat in on December 17, 2015, established Libya's Government of National Accords (GNA) for a one-year period, which could be renewed only once.
The UN said the agreement, which aimed to unite the country's warring factions, is still in force until a new one is adopted.
But Haftar, who backs a rival administration in the east, rejected the statement.
"The 17th of December has arrived and brought with it the end of the so-called Skhirat agreement," Haftar, who never recognised the authority of the GNA, said in a televised appearance on Sunday night.
"Therefore all institutions created by this agreement are void," he added.
"These institutions have not obtained full legitimacy since the first day they started working, and as of today, Libyans feel that they have lost patience and that the promised period of peace and stability has become a faraway dream."
[aljazeera.com]
18/12/17
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