Final results in Libya's election have confirmed that the centrist National Forces Alliance has a commanding position in the new parliament, winning more than double the seats of its principle rival, the Muslim Brotherhood's Justice and Construction party.
After delays and recounts, Libya's election commission announced that the 7 July poll has given the NFA, led by a US-trained economist, Mahmoud Jibril, and its allies 41 seats to the Justice and Construction party's 17.
For the Muslim Brotherhood, it was final confirmation of its failure to match the success of its sister parties, who have won power in Egypt and Tunisia, and were fellow participants in last year's Arab spring revolutions. » | Chris Stephen in Tripoli | Tuesday, July 17, 2012
