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Libyan parliament votes against unity government

Xinhua, August 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

Libyan parliament on Monday voted against the UN-backed unity government, with 66 votes to reject it, 12 abstained from voting and one voted for approval.

Quorum has been formed for a voting session for the first time since January in the eastern Tobruk-based parliament, said a parliament spokesman.

The Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) was appointed based on an UN-sponsored peace deal signed by the country's political rivals in order to end the state of political division.

However, GNA has faced opposition from several members of the parliament.

Many western officials paid visits to Tripoli over the past few months and met with the government's officials.

Monday's voting is considered to be another obstacle to the government that has been trying to get the approval of the parliament.

Meanwhile, GNA's forces fighting IS in Sirte, some 450 km east of Tripoli, are gaining more control of the city in a fight that started in May and has claimed the lived of more than 350 government fighters and injured more than 1000 others. Endit