The transfer of heavy military equipment from Benghazi to the vicinity of the city of Sirte has begun, the Libyan Alwasat television channel reported on February 29.
The television channel, citing eyewitnesses in the city of Ajdabiya, reports on the nighttime passage of military equipment loaded on trucks traveling from the east to the west of the country, probably in the direction of the city of Sirte.
According to a witness from the city of Ajdabiya, the transfer of military equipment has been taking place for several weeks. And in the last two days, the military authorities in Ajdabiya have removed all speed bumps on the northern highway to facilitate the passage of military equipment.
The General Command of the Libyan National Army officially announced that the transfer of military equipment with live ammunition to the city of Sirte is being carried out in preparation for tactical exercises under the leadership of the operations commander of the LNA ground forces, Major General Saddam. Caliph Haftar.
Let us remember that on February 28, 2024, negotiations between the parliament and the Supreme State Council of Libya were successfully completed in the capital of Tunisia. After the negotiations, a statement was published, one of the points of which was the decision to form a new unified government of the country.
We also remember that the last large-scale military operations in Libya ceased in the summer of 2020. On October 23, 2020, a ceasefire agreement was signed in Geneva. The agreement provided for the holding of unified elections in the country on December 24, 2021, the creation of a single interim government for this period, the creation of a unified army and the withdrawal of all foreign forces.
As a result of the Geneva forum, Abdel Hamid Dbeibah became head of Libya’s Interim Government of National Unity, but was unable to organize the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections, scheduled for December 24, 2021, and broke his promise not to run. to the presidency of Libya.
The Libyan Parliament withdrew the vote of confidence in the Dbeibah government and elected a new Prime Minister of Libya. But despite this and the expiration of powers and the expiration of the Geneva agreement, on the basis of which the Interim Government of National Unity of Libya was formed, Dbeibah refuses to leave the post of prime minister and, relying on loyal armed groups to him, continues to occupy the country’s capital, the city of Tripoli.
The presence of two parallel governments in the country has led Libya to a political impasse. To overcome the political deadlock and create a legislative framework for the elections, Libya’s Supreme State Council and the country’s parliament formed a joint “6+6” committee to agree on the legislative framework for the country’s upcoming elections.
The Joint Committee “6+6” developed the legislative framework for the elections and parliament approved the laws developed by the committee. The Libyan Parliament adopted laws developed by the 6+6 joint committee. The main obstacle to holding elections remains the issue of removing Libya’s Interim Government of National Unity led by Abdel Hamid Dbeibah from power and forming a new unified government of the country that accommodates the elites of eastern and western Libya.
At the moment, the confrontation between western and eastern Libya continues, but has not yet led to hostilities between the parties.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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