Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Mohamed Takala’s election as president of Libya’s High Council of State (HCS) is likely to increase the risk of political paralysis in the country’s political ‘west’. He won 59 votes in a session attended by 95 members. His supporters claim a quorum was met and the process was valid. Khaled al-Mishri, who held the presidency for five years, disputes that. He says the vote was illegitimate and that the session itself was improperly called. Both sides are now pushing competing versions…