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| Islamist party quits Libya's government | Islamist party quits Libya's government |
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| Libya's Justice and Construction Party, the second largest party in the interim administration, has announced it is quitting the government. | Libya's Justice and Construction Party, the second largest party in the interim administration, has announced it is quitting the government. |
| The Islamist party said its five ministers would resign after it failed to win sufficient support for a motion to censure Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. | The Islamist party said its five ministers would resign after it failed to win sufficient support for a motion to censure Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. |
| Those affected include the ministers for oil, the economy and housing. | Those affected include the ministers for oil, the economy and housing. |
| The Justice and Construction Party is the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya. | The Justice and Construction Party is the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya. |
| The party has been trying for weeks to secure the 120 votes it needed to bring a vote of no confidence against Mr Zeidan and his cabinet. | |
| But it was only able to secure the signatures of 99 MPs. | |
| The party has accused Mr Zeidan of being "incapable of taking the country where it needs to go", according to the news agency AFP. | |
| The prime minister's office is expected to make a statement shortly. | |
| Libya's interim administration had representatives from the two most prominent blocs in Congress - the Alliance of National Forces led by former Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, and the Justice and Construction Party. | |
| When he initially chose his cabinet, Mr Zeidan said he tried to strike a balance between Libya's different regions. |