A year after
Libya's rival parties signed a UN-sponsored political agreement, the
North African country still suffers a political division and unrest.
The Libyan government of national accord was appointed on Dec. 17,
2015 in order to put an end to the political division in the country.
However, Libya is still divided between two rival governments and
parliaments.
Since the
uprising that toppled leader Muammar Gaddafi's government in 2011,
the North African country has been struggling to make a democratic
transition.
"The
unity government faces a number of obstacles, mainly its inability to
control on the ground, as well as the growing influence of militias
in the capital, Tripoli, which weakens the government and leads to
hikes in foreign currencies prices," Mahmoud Karim, a Libya
academic researcher, told Xinhua.
Al-Mabruk
Khalifa, a Tripoli-based writer, believes that the failure of the
political elite to reach a true agreement is one of the main
obstacles that the unity government faces.
"The
failure of parliament to amend the constitutional declaration to
include this agreement in addition to the division of political
factions and players on the military scene are the main obstacles
that the unity government faces," Khalifa told Xinhua.
The
authorities in Libya struggle to provide basic services to citizens,
which were available for Libyans for free during the Gaddafi era.
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