Libya extends deadline for new unity govt

AFP, TRIPOLI: Libya’s internationally recognised parliament has extended to Sunday a deadline for the formation of a new national unity government aimed at ending years of chaos in the North African country.
Lawmakers from the parliament, currently exiled in eastern Libya, on Tuesday voted to give a UN-backed Presidential Council “until Sunday to form a national unity government”, it said on its website. The council—made up of nine members from Libya’s rival factions and headed by businessman Fayez al-Sarraj—was supposed to present a new lineup for the power-sharing authority on Wednesday.
Sarraj, who is to become prime minister under a UN-brokered deal signed by a minority of lawmakers from the country’s two rival parliaments in December, asked for a deadline extension on Monday.

Libya extends deadline for new unity govt

AFP, TRIPOLI: Libyas internationally recognised parliament has extended to Sunday a deadline for the formation of a new national unity government aimed at ending years of chaos in the North African country. Lawmakers from the parliament, currently exiled in eastern Libya, on Tuesday voted to give a UN-backed Presidential Council until Sunday to form a national unity government, it said on its website. The councilmade up of nine members from Libyas rival factions and headed by businessman Fayez al-Sarrajwas supposed to present a new lineup for the power-sharing authority on Wednesday. Sarraj, who is to become prime minister under a UN-brokered deal signed by a minority of lawmakers from the countrys two rival parliaments in December, asked for a deadline extension on Monday.