Libya's Eastern-Based Parliament Removes Speaker Amid Growing Discontent
Lawmakers also approved a 12-month term limit for the speaker and deputies after growing discontent over Saleh’s leadership.
- On Tuesday, Libya's 170-member House elected Al-Salhin Abdelnabi as the new speaker, ending Aguila Saleh's 12-year tenure that began in 2014.
- A day before the election, 98 members of the House approved a new 12-month term limit for the speaker and deputies, addressing significant legislative discontent with Saleh's leadership.
- Al-Obeidi, who represents Tobruk and chairs the Libyan-Turkish friendship committee, faces scrutiny as analyst Emadeddin Badi at the London-based Chatham House calls the change a "casualty" of Saddam Haftar's power consolidation.
- Mesbah Douma was elected second deputy speaker as Libya remains divided between Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah's United Nations-recognised government in Tripoli and Khalifa Haftar's eastern administration.
- Representatives signed an August agreement targeting elections within two years, while the United States, through President Donald Trump's adviser Massad Boulos, pursues a separate North African reunification plan via the United Nations Support Mission.
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Political upheaval in Libya, with Anguila Saleh removed from the presidency of the parliament after 12 years. The speaker of the Libyan parliament, Anguila Saleh, in office for twelve years, a loyal supporter of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and a powerful political figure in the eastern part of the country, was removed from the position yesterday Tuesday, amid a possible redefinition of the political balance, according to experts. The members …
Election follows vote by 98 ministers to form new parliamentary presidency
A new Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives was elected in the east of the country after the overthrow of a supportive personality of Marshal Khalifa Haftar as his children's influence in administration and governance expanded.
Al-Saleen Abdelnabi al-Obaidi was elected in his place – In the background is the reinforcement of Saddam Haftar in eastern Libya
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