The United Nations envoy for Libya has proposed the formation of a national unity government, after months of difficult talks.
Since 2014, Libya has had two rival parliaments; an Islamist-backed one in Tripoli and an internationally recognised government in the East.
However, several MPs on both sides of the divide have described the latest announcement as premature.
UN envoy, Bernardino Leon, told a news conference in Morocco that Fayez Sarraj would be nominated as Prime Minister.
“We believe this list can work,” Leon said.
“What I ask all the Libyans is not to think what is missing, what they would have liked to see in this list and they don’t see, but to think that this, if supported by all Libyans, will be the best government in the world.”
Abdulsalam Bilashahir, of the Tripoli-based General National Congress (GNC), told the BBC: “We are not a part of this [proposed] government. It means nothing to us and we were not consulted.”
Ibrahim Alzaghiat, of the House Of Representatives (HOR), based in Tobruk, said: “This proposed government will lead to the division of Libya and will turn it into a joke. Mr Leon’s choice was unwise.”
Four years since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, the oil-rich nation has remained gripped in chaos. Last August, a loose alliance of Islamist-backed fighters seized the capital, forcing the internationally recognized government to flee to the eastern city of Tobruk.
It is not clear if the UN proposals, which came after months of protracted negotiations and amid continuing fighting on the ground, would be accepted by both sides.
In addition to the estimated 2.44 million people in need of humanitarian aid, the civil war has also hurt the nation’s oil-dependent economy.
