Libyan Parliament Rejects UN-backed Unity Government
by VOA News January 25, 2016
Members of Libya's internationally recognized parliament have rejected a U.N.-sponsored unity government and an agreement with rival authorities aimed at ending the chaos that has engulfed the country since the overthrow of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
The Associated Press quotes Libyan House of Representatives member Essa al-Areibi as saying that 90 out of 140 members attending Monday's session rejected the unity Cabinet. In a separate vote, 84 lawmakers rejected the political agreement.
The U.N.-mediated peace deal, signed last month, called for a new unity government with members from both the internationally-recognized government in Tobruk and the Islamist-backed body in Tripoli.
The pact came out of multiple rounds of negotiations between the rival governments.
The proposed deal also came as Islamic State militants gain new footholds in Libya, in an attempt to take control of the country's oil fields and terminals, the nation's key source of wealth.
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