Protesters' invasion of parliament exacerbates political crisis in Libya

A group of protesters invaded this Friday (1st) the Libyan Parliament , based in Tobruk, after breaking down the front door, and causing several fires in the surroundings and inside the facility.

Sources in the city confirmed to Efe Agency that there were electricity and telecommunications cuts in the area, in an action that exacerbates the political crisis in the country, with this institution at odds with the government of national unity in Tripoli.

In recent days, Speaker of the House of Representatives Aquila Saleh has held UN-backed talks in Geneva with his rival, Khaled al-Meshri, leader of the High Council of State (pro-government of national unity), to reach a consensus on a constitutional framework that allows for elections to be held to end the new political division.

In February, Parlam then appointed Fathi Bashaga as parallel prime minister to Abdulhamid Dbeiba of the Tripoli national unity government, which again blocked the political process in Libya.

Since then, different armed groups and protesters have supported one government or another, fearing a new warlike drift.

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