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Rallies have been held in Tripoli and Benghazi, both for and against the new parliament.
Martine Dennis speaks to George Joffe - professor at the University of Cambridge; Helene Bravin - journalist and author of a book on Muammar Gaddafi & Aans Al Gomati - director of the Tripoli-based Sadeq Institute, Libya's first think tank: