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Thursday, October 22, 2015
The agreement proposed by UN to form a Unity Government in Libya has been rejected by the rival governments. While both the officially recognized government in Tobruk and the government in Tripoli rejected the agreement, they did state that they are willing to continue on with the negotiations.
The governments may wish to continue negotiations Bernardino Leon, the UN special envoy, said that this was the final version and there would be no further alterations.
Both the UN and the EU have been threatened the rival governments with sanctions, however, realistically there is no benefit in applying sanctions to a country that is already lacking in the basics and it would be a boon for ISIS if the two governments were weakened by the sanctions.
The final amendments were presented to the rival governments by Leon and the names for a new government announced. The October 20 deadline coincided with the expiration of the mandate of the internationally recognized government.
The US State Department issued a statement from 40 countries on October 19 warning that the failure to reach agreement put Libya at risk of greater instability, worsening a situation that has “led to the loss of lives, allowed terrorism to grow and severely damaged the economy of the country.” The UN Security Council issued a similar warning over the weekend.
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