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Khalifa Haftar (commander, Libyan National Army) — televised speech of 27 April 2020 (Middle East Eye): claims a "popular mandate" for the armed forces to take over Libya's governance and unilaterally declares the 2015 UN-brokered Skhirat political agreement null and void. (Complements the Dbeibah doc — the rival eastern side of Libya's split.)
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Libya 2020-04-27 Tier 2 — primary or translation
Politician: Khalifa Haftar
Original source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/khalifa-haftar-declares-himself-ruler-libya-mandate-people
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In a televised speech on Monday night, the leader of the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced that the General Command of the Armed Forces had "accepted the will of the people" to take over management of the country.
"We announce our acceptance of the people's will and mandate and the end of the Skhirat Agreement," he said.
"The political agreement destroyed the country. We will work to create the conditions for building permanent civic institutions." English translation
[Source is in English (Middle East Eye); Haftar's underlying speech was in Arabic. Editorial context, not a translation.] Declared / behavioral conduct-axis record of Khalifa Haftar, commander of the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA). In a televised speech on the night of 27 April 2020, Haftar declared a "popular mandate" for his armed forces to take over the management of Libya and unilaterally pronounced the 2015 UN-brokered Skhirat (Libyan Political) Agreement — which underpinned the Tripoli-based, internationally recognized unity government — null and void. The move, made during his 2019–2020 offensive to capture Tripoli (which ultimately failed), was widely read as a bid for military rule. This complements the document on his rival, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah of the Tripoli government, who insists power can be handed over only through elections. [Axes: democracy, regime-stance.]
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(Haftar, 2020) Haftar, K.. (2020). Khalifa Haftar (commander, Libyan National Army) — televised speech of 27 April 2020 (Middle East Eye): claims a "popular mandate" for the armed forces to take over Libya's governance and unilaterally declares the 2015 UN-brokered Skhirat political agreement null and void. (Complements the Dbeibah doc — the rival eastern side of Libya's split.). middleeasteye.net. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/khalifa-haftar-declares-himself-ruler-libya-mandate-people
Haftar, Khalifa. 2020. "Khalifa Haftar (commander, Libyan National Army) — televised speech of 27 April 2020 (Middle East Eye): claims a "popular mandate" for the armed forces to take over Libya's governance and unilaterally declares the 2015 UN-brokered Skhirat political agreement null and void. (Complements the Dbeibah doc — the rival eastern side of Libya's split.)." middleeasteye.net. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/khalifa-haftar-declares-himself-ruler-libya-mandate-people.
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title = {Khalifa Haftar (commander, Libyan National Army) — televised speech of 27 April 2020 (Middle East Eye): claims a "popular mandate" for the armed forces to take over Libya's governance and unilaterally declares the 2015 UN-brokered Skhirat political agreement null and void. (Complements the Dbeibah doc — the rival eastern side of Libya's split.)},
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