{"id":4635,"date":"2021-03-26T19:36:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T19:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/?p=4635"},"modified":"2021-03-26T19:36:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T19:36:19","slug":"libyas-interim-government-takes-power-after-handover-in-tripoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/2021\/03\/26\/libyas-interim-government-takes-power-after-handover-in-tripoli\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya\u2019s Interim Government Takes Power After Handover in Tripoli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/3\/16\/libyas-interim-government-takes-power-after-handover-in-tripoli\">https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/3\/16\/libyas-interim-government-takes-power-after-handover-in-tripoli<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transitional interim government in Libya has finally, officially taken power, after a ceremony in the capital city of Tripoli saw a peaceful transfer of power between Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of the GNA, and the new prime minister Amdelhamid Dbeibah and the new chairman of the presidential council, Mohammad Younes Menfi. This comes after 10 years of stateless anarchy and chaos that has ravaged the country ever since 2011\u2019s Arab Spring, which saw the death of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi by the hands of violent protestors. Backed and supervised by the United Nations, the newly installed interim Libyan government plans on holding elections in December, thus initiating a democratic future for the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, there is still a great deal of political and military conflict in Libya that threatens to destroy this project of forming a new government. After the fall of Gaddafi, the country was split between separate factions, including the Tripoli-based GNA and its rival group to the east of the country, led by <em>de facto <\/em>commander, Khalifa Haftar. As I said in my previous article about Libya from over a month ago, even if the election is successful in the short term, there is much room for doubt. Indeed, the biggest challenge that the new Libyan government will face are these major divisions and factions, which all pose the looming threat of further war and political violence. The regional powers are not exactly eager to capitulate to a unified government.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my last article on Libya, I also suggested they are reminiscent of a <em>shatterbelt, <\/em>as it is heavily fractured and chaotic and has the divided interests and allegiances of foreign world powers. While the forming of this new democracy gives much hope, merely forming a new government is not enough to restore stability into Libya. One hopes that a stable democratic government is the future of Libya, but alas, we must wait and see.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Mar 16-26)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/3\/16\/libyas-interim-government-takes-power-after-handover-in-tripoli The transitional interim government in Libya has finally, officially taken power, after a ceremony in the capital city of Tripoli saw a peaceful transfer of power between Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of the GNA, and the new prime minister Amdelhamid Dbeibah and the new chairman of the presidential council, Mohammad Younes Menfi. This comes after 10 years of stateless&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/2021\/03\/26\/libyas-interim-government-takes-power-after-handover-in-tripoli\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4636,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4635\/revisions\/4636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}