continuation of the General National Congress
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The continuation of the General National Congress refers to the Tripoli-based political authority that claimed to be the lawful successor to Libya’s pre-2014 national legislature amid the country’s post-civil war institutional split.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political authority
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rival government ⓘ |
| basedIn | Tripoli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| claimedLegitimacyFrom | 2011 constitutional framework of Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| claimedToBe |
lawful successor to Libya’s pre-2014 national legislature
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lawful successor to the General National Congress ⓘ |
| contestedBy | internationally recognized House of Representatives ⓘ |
| controlled | parts of western Libya ⓘ |
| country | Libya ⓘ |
| emergedFrom | post-2014 institutional split in Libya ⓘ |
| governedFrom | Tripoli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentBranchClaimed | legislature of Libya ⓘ |
| headquarters | Tripoli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Libyan Civil War (post-2014 phase) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalBasisClaimed | continuity of the General National Congress mandate ⓘ |
| legislativePredecessor | General National Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| natureOfDispute | competing claim to national legislative authority in Libya ⓘ |
| opposed | House of Representatives (Libya) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Khalifa Haftar–aligned forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Islamist-leaning factions ⓘ |
| politicalContext | post-Gaddafi transition in Libya ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | de facto authority in parts of western Libya ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence | Tripolitania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rejected | results of the 2014 Libyan parliamentary election ⓘ |
| status | unrecognized by many foreign governments ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Government of National Accord (in practice, as main Tripoli authority) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Libya Dawn coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post-2014 Libyan civil conflict ⓘ |
| typeOfConflict | institutional and constitutional legitimacy dispute ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Government of National Salvation (Tripoli-based)
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