CAIRO, 27 Jun – RIA Novosti. The commander of the Libyan national army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar on Monday announced that control of the country goes to the army.
Televised address to the commander of distributed media office of the LDF.
last Thursday, Khalifa Haftar urged the country’s citizens to reject the agreement reached in 2015 in Skhirat the political agreement which resulted in the formation of the national consensus Government (NTC).
“the Libyans that you responded to our call to declare the cessation of the political agreement, which destroyed the country, and also to the call to authorize the one whom you consider most worthy to control at this stage,” said Haftar, adding that “the Libyans have authorized the high command (LNA – ed.) on this historic mission.”
the Creation of the NTC of Libya became possible after the signing in 2015 the so-called Sheratsky agreements – after the Moroccan city of Skhirat mezhliviysky negotiations. The document was to lay the foundations for a political settlement in the country, but these decisions were never implemented, despite the efforts of foreign donors (Tunisia, Italy, Algeria), and special representatives of the UN.
Chapter sit in the East of Libya the house of representatives (Parliament) Aqeel Saleh on Thursday a new initiative for a political settlement in the country. Saleh proposed a roadmap consisting of several paragraphs providing for the creation of a new Presidential Council.
After the overthrow and murder of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has virtually ceased to function as a unified state. Now the country is in a diarchy. To the East sits a Parliament elected by people, and in the West, in the capital Tripoli, the rules generated with the support of the UN and the European Union, the Government of national consent headed by Fitom Barragem. The authorities of the Eastern part of the country operate independently from Tripoli to cooperate with the Libyan national army led by Marshal Haftarot, which is April 2019 not stop attempts to capture Tripoli.
