DHAKA: 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, reports BBC.

UN envoy Bernardino Leon told a news conference in Morocco that Fayez Sarraj would be nominated as prime minister.

But both parliaments must back the deal and some MPs cast doubt on the UN plan.

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. Leon's choice was unwise."

However, Leon said he believed that the list of proposed ministers for the unity body "can work".

"After a year of work in this process, after working with more than 150 Libyan personalities from all the regions, finally the moment has come in which we can propose a national unity government," Mr Leon said in the Moroccan city of Skhirat.

"All of them will work as a team. This was not an easy task," he added.

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