Are the winds of resignations blowing over Libya?
In a speech broadcast on television, Fayez al-Sarraj, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (recognized by the international community) announced Wednesday evening his intention to resign at the end of October.
On September 13, the head of the parallel government, based in eastern Libya, Abdallah al-Thini resigned from Parliament.
The two leaders continue to manage day-to-day affairs as protests have hit several towns in recent weeks amid deteriorating living conditions.
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In this pre-recorded video, Fayez al-Sarraj, named after the Skhirat agreements signed under the aegis of the UN in December 2015, evokes his “
sincere desire to entrust his functions to a new authority no later than next October
. "
Optimists see it as direct support for the talks launched in recent weeks between the politically and militarily divided factions of the East and the West.
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