The Prime Minister of Libya has told the international community they must recognise his authority and get rid of the military commander supporting his rivals in the east if there is to be any chance of peace in the country.
Khalifa al Ghweil, who is based in Tripoli, believes General Haftar is the main impediment to solving Libya's problems.
The General and his army are supporting the internationally-recognised government, which is confined mostly to Tobruk in the east.
His soldiers are fighting Islamic State extremists who have taken over sections of the country including Derna and at one stage, Benghazi.
But Mr al Ghweil said it was his Libya Dawn party which had control of 85 per cent of the country.
Control or no control, the country is fast heading towards bankruptcy with crumbling infrastructure, rival militias, criminal gangs and Islamic State militants and people smugglers all taking advantage of the chaos.
Mr al Ghweil laughed when I said his enemies claimed that the west under his control is full of Islamists.
"General Haftar says this only because he cannot control Daesh (IS). We are providing for the whole of Libya, both east and west. And General Haftar has no authority," he said.
There is an air of normality in Tripoli, but the streets are full of rubbish because many public sector workers complain of not being paid.
The roads are filled with traffic and new building projects are dotted all over the city. There are sparkling new Timberland and Accessorize shops.
Yet most embassies have deserted the capital for fear of kidnappings and because of what they say is the breakdown of law and order.
The beaches are packed with families, yet inside the city the jails and detention centres are jammed with illegal migrants who are testament to the biggest business of all in Libya at the moment - human trafficking.
Plenty are profiteering from the big spike in people smuggling and so far, while Libya Dawn may claim to be in charge of the bulk of the country, nobody has managed to control the traffickers.
