Guterres: Batelli has made limited progress on the political track in Libya, and Al-Dabaiba insists on clinging to power

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, confirmed that the Prime Minister of Western Libya, Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, continues to assert that his government will not step down until after the elections are held, noting that the Speaker of the Tobruk Parliament, Aguila Saleh, and the American Khalifa Haftar stipulated the participation of the government appointed by Parliament, in the dialogue initiative that he called for. UN envoy Abdullah Bathily, or exclude Al-Dabaiba government.

Guterres indicated, in his report, that the President of the Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Menfi, does not consider himself a party to the dialogue, and sees his role as only a facilitator, pointing out that Mohamed Takala is adamant that the electoral laws were issued without the political consensus required by the House of Representatives and the State.

He explained that Batelli made limited progress on the political track in Libya, because some actors did not nominate their representatives for the preparatory meetings, or set preconditions for their participation, pointing out that the stagnation of the political process and the economic deterioration led to the outbreak of protests against the unity government in various locations in western Libya , especially Misrata and Al-Zawiya.

He continued that Bathily warned of the possible consequences if all parties failed to reach an agreement, and urged them to agree in order to achieve stability in Libya, pointing out that the western region witnessed the outbreak of demonstrations in the midst of the decline in the value of the Libyan dinar, and the fees imposed on the official exchange rate for foreign currencies.