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| Libya's national congress passed a vote of no confidence on Sunday, dismissing the newly elected prime minister, Mustafa Abushagur. The result came minutes after Abushagur named 10 new ministers to run the country for the next six months, and days after he was forced to withdraw his previous cabinet after protests. | Libya's national congress passed a vote of no confidence on Sunday, dismissing the newly elected prime minister, Mustafa Abushagur. The result came minutes after Abushagur named 10 new ministers to run the country for the next six months, and days after he was forced to withdraw his previous cabinet after protests. |
| Abushagur had been elected by the assembly on 12 September but had struggled to form a government that satisfied all Libyans. Protesters who believed their town was underrepresented stormed the national assembly on Thursday as it prepared to scrutinise the prime minister-elect's nominations. Up to 150 demonstrators from the western town of Zawiyah marched into the hall where congress meets, forcing the cancellation of a session to study the nominations. | Abushagur had been elected by the assembly on 12 September but had struggled to form a government that satisfied all Libyans. Protesters who believed their town was underrepresented stormed the national assembly on Thursday as it prepared to scrutinise the prime minister-elect's nominations. Up to 150 demonstrators from the western town of Zawiyah marched into the hall where congress meets, forcing the cancellation of a session to study the nominations. |
| "After we heard the list, everyone in Zawiyah was angry," said Nuri Shambi, who travelled 30 miles to the capital, Tripoli, to voice his anger. "Abushagur said he would form a coalition government and would look at experience. Zawiyah proposed candidates for oil minister, but he's brought in someone who is not well known." | "After we heard the list, everyone in Zawiyah was angry," said Nuri Shambi, who travelled 30 miles to the capital, Tripoli, to voice his anger. "Abushagur said he would form a coalition government and would look at experience. Zawiyah proposed candidates for oil minister, but he's brought in someone who is not well known." |
| Abushagur is Libya's first elected prime minister after last year's overthrow and killing of Muammar Gaddafi. He withdrew his first cabinet list after it encountered strong criticism. Legislators said it was not sufficiently representative of Libya's various tribes and regions, a hard task in a country polarised by 40 years of Gaddafi, and the 2011 civil war. | Abushagur is Libya's first elected prime minister after last year's overthrow and killing of Muammar Gaddafi. He withdrew his first cabinet list after it encountered strong criticism. Legislators said it was not sufficiently representative of Libya's various tribes and regions, a hard task in a country polarised by 40 years of Gaddafi, and the 2011 civil war. |
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