Libya prepares to move parliament to Benghazi


  • World
  • Friday, 11 Jul 2014

BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - Libyan authorities signalled on Thursday they would press ahead with plans to move the country's parliament to the eastern port city of Benghazi despite a collapse in law and order there.

The plan to move the newly elected national assembly from the capital Tripoli to the country's second largest city is part of efforts to rebuild state authority in the underdeveloped east, neglected by Libyan governments for decades.

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