Already a key player in Libyan economic life, Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir, the long-serving governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), also knows how to make use of his political power. On 7 February, he had a closed-door meeting with Abdelhamid Dabaiba, who became prime minister a year ago as part of the United Nations peace process and whom Al Kabir wants to remain in post. Meanwhile, in Tobruk in eastern Libya, the Libyan parliament chose former interior minister Fathi Bashagha, who wants to get