Libya’s top court on Monday rejected the Islamist-led parliament’s appointment of a new prime minister in a contested vote, ending one power struggle as a renegade general’s offensive against Islamist militias in the east rages on. The Supreme Constitutional Court declared Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteg’s appointment unconstitutional, but gave no further details or instructions. Islamists in parliament and Maiteg said they would abide by the decision, thus leaving interim Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni in office. The top U.N. envoy to Libya called the decision and promises to abide by it “a sign of hope.” “This will not solve the political crisis but at least it would open the way forward towards a resumption of a normal political process,” Tarek Mitri told reporters after briefing the U.N. Security Council in New York. Al-Thinni refused to give up his office after last month’s vote in parliament, which […]