Libya's opposing governments near power-sharing deal
UN-led talks between the two opposing sides are said to have finally reached a consensus as to how a power-sharing deal between them might work: whether it will ever get beyond this stage, is another matter. &nbsp;There has been enormous international pressure on both sides to reach some form of deal as the country is seen to be the most at-risk from ISIS. However the fractured and tribal nature of Libyan politics makes any real agreement still a distant dream. &nbsp;Taking just the Misrata militia, which is the principal support behind the unrecognised Government in Tripoli as an example: the militia is an agglomeration of some 200 distinct and registered fighting organisations.
The Western-backed Libyan government in Tobruk and the Tripoli-based government are moving closer to some sort of power-sharing agreement, according to UN officials familiar with the ongoing talks, and have reached a basic “consensus” on the main points of how it will work.

Details aren’t being released on this framework agreement, but both sides are to submit a list of names for possible candidates in key positions in the unity government, including a list of prime ministers who would be agreeable to them.

The split between the two governments is both ideological and territorial, and stems in part from Tobruk PM Abdullah al-Thinni, who back when they were the Tripoli government refused an appointment as PM, then refused to hand over the position to the parliament’s next choice, a Misratan.

The power dispute ultimately set the stage for the Misrata militia to back its own government, which took Tripoli,.and when the remnants of the old Thinni government fled to Tobruk, they reappointed Thinni as premier. Khalifa al-Ghawi is the current PM in Tripoli, though the position is officially only “acting” premier.