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The government of eastern Libya – the one not recognized by the UN, based in the city of Tobruk and an ally of Marshal Khalifa Haftar – resigned after days of protests in several Libyan cities, including Benghazi. Until now, the protests had been mainly concentrated in Tripoli, the city where the government led by Fayez al Serraj is based, but over the past weekend the demonstrations had also spread to other Libyan cities. The protesters protested against the continuing power outages and the widespread deterioration of living conditions.
The resignation was given by the prime minister of the eastern government, Abdallah al Thani, and all his ministers: they are not yet final, because they will have to be approved by parliament.
On August 21, the Serraj government had proposed a ceasefire in the conflict that its militias are fighting against those of Marshal Haftar. The Serraj government had also called for the demilitarization of the coastal city of Sirte, considered very important by both sides; the call for parliamentary and presidential elections to be held in March; the withdrawal of foreign forces and mercenaries from the country; and the resumption of oil production, blocked by Haftar’s militias at the beginning of the year. Haftar-led army spokesman Ahmed al Mismari, however, had rejected the truce proposal, defining the proposal as “media marketing only.”
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