@ECFR Senior policy fellow - Forever following Libya and the Maghreb, migration and the geopolitics of the Mediterranean
Feb 5, 2021 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
Today #Libya's UN process careened over the line producing a new authority which frankly nobody would have expected when the #LPDF first met last November.
Abdul-Hamid Dbeiba will be the PM & Mohammed al-Mnefi the new President
A short thread on the new lay of the land
Firstly this vote can be read as a vote against the favourites: Fathi Bashagha and Aguileh Salah
Their union was always politically foolish given their bases are diametrically opposed. The addition of a military officer to their ticket simply made them too abrasive to too many