Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the outgoing prime minister of the Government of National Unity, today accused his parliament-appointed rival Fathi Bashagha of “sending repeated messages and threats to ignite war and target civilians”. This comes few hours after Bashagha released a letter addressed to Dbeibeh, in which he urged the latter to peacefully give up power. Although Bashagha did not explicitly threaten violence in his letter, the communique, the first of its kind between the two rival premiers, arrived amid growing military tensions in Tripoli. ”Spare yourself sending repeated messages and threats to ignite war and target civilians,” Dbeibeh said in brief statement via Twitter after addressing Bashagha as “former interior minister”, which is the last post the latter held in public office before he was named premier by parliament. Their time is over,” he said before adding that he did not respond to Bashagha in a formal letter because he is “busy serving the Libyan people”.

Source: Libya Today August 24, 2022 18:48 UTC