Libya's PM survives an assassination attempt
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Hours before the parliament session aiming at choosing a new PM, the head of the national unity government in Libya, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, survives an assassination attempt in Tripoli.
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Libya's PM survives an assassination attempt.
The Prime Minister of Libya's National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, survived an assassination attempt in the country's capital, Tripoli, early daybreak Thursday, according to Sputnik.
A high-ranking Libyan government source confirmed to the agency that Dbeibah was subjected to an assassination attack in the center of Tripoli while returning to his home, "unharmed."
صور نقلتها قناة الاحرار 👇
— قلم حر (@58YJxw3UnFiNE0M) February 10, 2022
آثار إطلاق الرصاص على سيارة رئيس الحكومة عبد الحميد الدبيبة وحضور محققين من مكتب النائب العام للتحقيق في الحادثة pic.twitter.com/hTrBF0bk1Y
Omran el-Month, the Dbeibah family's brother-in-law, shared a picture of himself with the PM at the latter's house, following reports of an attack on his car.
Chaos ahead of parliament meeting
This incident comes hours before a Parliament session that will consider choosing a new prime minister, an idea rejected by Dbeibah, who confirmed that he will hand over power only to an elected government and will not allow a new transitional phase in Libya.
Dbeibah tweeted Wednesday that the military and the Muslim Brotherhood are seeking to share power, and "we will not back down and will not hand it over until the elections."
1 : العسكر والإخوان يسعون لاقتسام السلطة ونحن لن نتراجع ولن نسلمها الا بالانتخابات .
— عبد الحميد الدبيبة (@AbdelhamiDebib) February 9, 2022
2 : العسكر والإخوان يعملون اليوم على قلب رجل واحد لاقتسام السلطة والمال والحكم .
3 : لن أعدد انجازات حكومتنا فهي واضحة للجميع وعليكم الخروج للشوارع والميادين .
It is noteworthy that Dbeibah participated Wednesday evening in the demonstrations he called for, which came out to support the government. He demanded that elections be held as soon as possible, without extending the mandate of the parliament and the Supreme Council of State under the slogan "No to the extension and yes to the elections."
Dbeibah announced in a speech that he will not allow the dominant political class to “monopolize the scene and tamper with the country and the people’s future once again." He also would not allow the Parliament to extend its mandate, stressing that his government will not hand over power until elections.
A state of uncertainty prevails in Libya concerning the fate of the country's politics, as the presidential and parliamentary elections were supposed to take place on December 24, 2021, but the High Electoral Commission suggested postponing them amid political and legal disputes.
