Libya's unrecognised
authorities in control of Tripoli on Wednesday demanded that the head of
a UN-backed unity government Fayez al-Sarraj leave just hours after he
arrived in the capital.
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| Libya's Prime Minister-designate, Fayez al-Sarraj speaks during a press in the Moroccan resort of Skhirat. |
In a televised address, the head of the
Tripoli authorities Khalifa Ghweil said Sarraj's government was
"illegal", asking him to leave the capital or to "hand himself in". Sarraj,
who was named prime minister-designate in December under a UN-brokered
power-sharing deal, arrived at a naval base in Tripoli Wednesday
following growing international calls for Libya's rival political camps
to unite behind his administration.
"Those who entered illegally
and secretly must surrender or turn back," Ghweil said. "We won't leave
Tripoli as long as we are not sure of the fate of our homeland."
Libya
has had two rival administrations since mid-2014 when a militia
alliance overran the capital, setting up its own authority and forcing
the internationally recognised parliament to flee to the country's
remote east.
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