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Chadian junta-appointed Prime Minister Succès Masra has The leaders of Libya's two rival governments have agreed to form a single unified government, signalling progress in ending a political stalemate that has persisted for more than a decade.
announced he’ll run for presidency, a week after the leader of the junta, In a joint statement on Sunday, the leaders said they had agreed on the "necessity" of forming a new unified government that would supervise long-delayed elections and "unify sovereign positions".
interim president Mahamat Déby announced his own candidacy. The talks were held in Egypt's capital, Cairo, and were led by the Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
Mr Masra, a former opposition leader, signed a reconciliation The negotiation involved the president of the Libyan Presidential Council and the head of the High State Council, both based in Tripoli, as well as the speaker of the House of Representatives in the rival Benghazi-based administration.
deal with Mr Déby after his return from exile, before he was appointed prime Libya began to fracture after the fall of long-serving ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
minister in January. The country is split between the internationally recognised government in the west, led by interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in Tripoli, and an administration in the east run by military strongman Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi.
He
told supporters at a rally on Sunday that he was seeking the top seat so as to unite
the people and "heal hearts".
The
opposition have criticised the move, saying it’s a ploy to give the appearance
of pluralism to an election which Mr Déby is certain to win.
It
is "a farce, a fake candidacy to accompany the head of military
power", Max Kemkoye, the spokesman of a group of opposition parties GCAP,
told the AFP news agency.
Mr
Déby's main rival, opposition leader Yaya Dillo, was killed in a shootout
with security forces on 28 February. The government had blamed him for a deadly attack on the country's security agency, which he denied.
He
was widely predicted to be the main opponent of Mr Déby in the election.
Mr Déby took over as Chad’s leader after his father was killed by rebels after
three decades in power.
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