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| Libya PM Resigns Live on TV Hours after Peace Talks Restart |
| 2015-08-13 |
| [ALMANAR.LB] The prime minister of Libya's internationally recognized government, Abdullah al-Thani, announced his resignation in a surprise move live on television Tuesday, hours after fraught peace talks between the country's rival factions restarted. During the talk show Prime Minister Al-Thani faced a barrage of angry questions from citizens who blamed his government for the lack of basic services such as electricity and poor security in areas it controls. "If my exit is the solution, then I announce it here," al-Thani said during the talk show, adding that "my resignation will be submitted to the parliament on Sunday". The prime minister, who escaped an liquidation attempt in May when gunnies opened fire on his car after a parliament meeting, was also hit with accusations of corruption against his government in the television interview Tuesday. Libya, which plunged into chaos after the fall of Muammar Qadaffy ...a reminder that a single man with an idea can change an entire nation, usually for the worse... in 2011, currently has two rival parliaments vying for power as well several militia groups battling for control of the country's vast resource wealth. Al-Thani's elected government has been working out of a small eastern city near the border with Egypt since an turban militia alliance captured the capital Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... last year. Earlier Tuesday the two rival factions started a new UN-sponsored round of peace talks in Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... 's Geneva aimed at creating a unity government, with representatives of the powerful Tripoli parliament joining the negotiations after boycotting them last month. United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... special envoy Bernardino Leon, who is brokering the talks in Geneva, is urging the key camps to reach a political deal in the hope that a unity government could enforce a durable ceasefire. |
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