Libya parliament withdraws confidence from unity government

By Walid Abdullah

TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s House of Representatives on Tuesday withdrew confidence from the unity government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.

The parliament decided to withdraw confidence from the government by a majority of 89 out of 113 lawmakers who attended today's session, parliamentary spokesman Abdullah Belhaiq said on Facebook. He did not give further details.

For its part, the High Council of State considered the move “void” for violating the constitutional declaration and the political agreement in the country.

The council “rejects the procedure of withdrawing confidence from the national unity government, and considers it void for violating the constitutional declaration and the political agreement, and considers everything that results from them null,” the council's spokesman Muhammad Abdel Nasser tweeted.

There was no comment from the unity government on the move.

*Writing by Mahmoud Barakat