Libya ’s outgoing parliament defied its successor by naming an alternative premier, while government officials called for international help amid growing violence between rival militias. The General National Congress, the legislature that has refused to disband even after a new one was elected in June, invited Omar El-Hassi to form a salvation government during a meeting yesterday in the capital, Tripoli. The congress, where Islamists are among the strongest factions, also announced a “public mobilization” in all institutions and the highest level of security alert, the official news agency Lana said. The newly elected parliament has been meeting in the east of the country instead of Tripoli, the seat of the outgoing legislature. El-Hassi was nominated as a rival to Prime Minister Abdullah Theni, whose house was set ablaze by militia fighters yesterday, according to Al-Arabiya television. The political schisms and spread of violence highlight the lack of central […]