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His parallel government Libya, based in Benghazi, He quit, after demonstrations in recent days in several cities, with neighbors protesting against the corruption and deterioration of living conditions.
HE Abdullah al-Thani, the head of the parallel government of eastern Libya, resigned in a meeting he held late Sunday night with the speaker of Parliament, which is based in Tobruk, his spokesman announced.
In libya two rival governments fight for powerThe UN-recognized Tripoli-based Government of the National Accord (GNA) is backed by General Khalifa Haftar, who controls the eastern provinces and parts of the south. Since 2014 the country has two governments and two parliaments.
Tenni’s resignation “will be considered in the session of Parliament,” said the latter’s representative, without giving further details.
Hundreds of people have been protesting in Benghazi since last Thursday, the birthplace of the popular uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, as well as in other cities. Although at first the protests were peaceful, on Sunday protesters set fire to the headquarters of the parallel government. In al-Marj, about 100 miles (100 kilometers) east of Benghazi, police fired live ammunition to disperse a crowd trying to break into the city’s police headquarters, injuring at least five people.
HE UN mission in Libya expressed the his intense concern “One civilian was reportedly killed, three others were injured and several protesters were arrested on September 12 after the police used excessive force,” al-Marj said.
