Sunday, 13 December, 2020 - 07:00
Speaker Aguila Saleh. (Reuters file photo) Cairo - Khalid Mahmoud
The east-based Libyan parliament renewed on Saturday its call on members to convene on Monday at the legislature’s constitutional headquarters in Benghazi.
The move is believed to be an attempt to thwart efforts to oust Speaker Aguila Saleh ahead of a parliament meeting scheduled for the city of Ghadames in the west.
The scheduling of the meeting in Ghadames had revealed divisions among the Benghazi parliament.
This is the second time in a week that the lawmakers are asked to meet in Benghazi. A meeting was convened last week, but the majority of members did not attend. They instead took part in a parliament meeting in Ghadames.