Since the eastern-based House of Representatives (HoR) chose a new prime minister to lead the interim government in February fears of a power struggle in Libya have grown. The Tobruk-based parliament chose Fathi Bashagha to replace the UN-backed Government of National Unity’s leader Abdulhamid Dbeibah, deepening divisions between rival factions. Dbeibah, who has said he will only cede power to an elected government, was appointed PM in February 2021 as part of the UN-brokered political process to lead national reconciliation and hold elections, which have been postponed indefinitely. Bashagha,…