13 years after Gaddafi’s death, Libya may finally get a unified government

A report by the Russian news publication, Sputnik Africa revealed that extricating “Libya from its longstanding crisis," was a key subject discussed on Sunday when the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit met with Libyan Presidential Council Chairman Mohamed al-Menfi, Libyan House of Representatives Speaker Aguila Saleh and Supreme Council of State President Mohamed Takala.

"The agreed-upon points include … Forming a unified government tasked with overseeing the electoral process and providing necessary services to citizens," the LAS said in a statement.

According to the statement, as seen in the Sputnik report, those in attendance also decided to form a technical committee to evaluate revisions to the presidential and parliamentary election bill aimed at "resolving outstanding issues on controversial points in accordance with existing legislation."

Libya’s socio-political ecosystem has been in disarray since the execution of longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. His absence created a power vacuum which has resulted in a very complicated leadership crisis in the North African country.

Currently, there are two major political rival factions, both of which agreed to a much-needed ceasefire during the pandemic year. Nevertheless, these two factions are still at odds with each other as they both claim shares of leadership in the country.