Playing Pick-Up-Sticks in Libya — 2

... legitimacy of the GNA itself and the Presidency Council as an all-Libyan body was lost due to the significant changes to the institution. The GNA became “homogenized” as it progressively represented only the west of Libya. Additionally, under the Skhirat Agreement, the GNA had a two-year mandate that expired in December 2017. Since then, legal gaps began to emerge in the recognition of the government in Tripoli. Haftar seized the opportunity and, in April 2019, launched a military campaign in the west of Libya with ...