FILE PHOTO: Fathi Bashagha, designated as prime minister by the parliament, delivers a speech at Mitiga International Airport, in Tripoli, Libya February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed/File Photo
TUNIS (Reuters) -The United Nations voiced concern on Thursday over reports that a vote in Libya's parliament to install a new government, which risks triggering new fighting or a return to territorial division, "fell short of the expected standards".
The U.N. secretary general's spokesperson said in an emailed statement there were reports that Tuesday's vote did not meet standards of transparency and procedure, and of acts of intimidation before the session.
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