The head of the State Council of Libya, Khaled al-Mashri, responded to the statements of the head of the interim unity government, Abdul Hamid al-Dabaiba, who insists on the rejection of any approach other than elections, to the change of executive power, saying: “Whoever comes with elections, comes with elections, and he whoever comes with a political agreement, comes with a political agreement.”
Previously, Al-Dabaiba said during his speech at the first national meeting of the Mukhtars of Libya: “Libyans have no other way but to move towards the development of a constitution acceptable to all and go to the general elections.
Al-Dabaiba added: “We have no other choice but to adopt an important constitution that has taken years and all Libyans in the east, west and south agree with it.”
Libya is witnessing an escalating political crisis in a dispute between two governments, one of which is led by former interior minister Fathi Bashaga, in whom a parliament convened last March in Tobruk, in the country’s far east, has expressed confidence.
The second is a government of national unity, established through political agreements sponsored by the United Nations over a year ago, and led by Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba, who refuses to hand over power except through elections.
