TRIPOLI: Libya’s new government is to be sworn in on November 8, the head of the national assembly said yesterday, following protests over some of the ministers in the cabinet.
“The swearing-in ceremony will be on Thursday (November 8),” Mohammed Megaryef said during a televised meeting of the General National Congress, the country’s highest political authority.
Libya’s elected representatives gave their approval on October 31 to a 30-member cabinet presented by premier-designate Ali Zeidan weeks after rejecting his predecessor’s line-up.
The chief task of the new government is to organise fresh elections within 12 months on the basis of a new constitution, which has yet to be drafted.
The new cabinet includes members of the main Islamist and liberal parties in the assembly, but key portfolios were entrusted to independents.
AFP
