11 March 2014
Source: Middle East Monitor
The Libyan General National Congress passed a vote of no confidence
in Ali Zeidan's government ousting it from power with 124 votes.
The Libyan News Agency quoted sources from the Congress saying
National Congress appointed Defence Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni as
temporary president for 15 days until a new president is elected.
The General National Congress, the highest political and legislative
authority in Libya, had announced earlier its intention to vote to oust
Ali Zeidan's government, according to Minister of Parliament Suad
Gannur.
She also added: "The situation in the country has become
unacceptable. Even those MPs who used to support the prime minister no
longer have any alternative."
Zeidan's government has been repeatedly criticised for its failure to
establish security in the country in the two years since the overthrow
of Muammar Qaddafi's dictatorship in 2011.
It is also being criticised for failing to reach a solution to an oil
crisis that has gone on for months after protestors closed down the
main oil ports in an effort to export their first cargo without state
supervision.
Zeidan, the independent backed by the Liberals, accuses the Islamists
of wanting to overthrow him in order to seize control over Libya and
refused to resign.
Link: www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/africa/10250-libyan-parliament-ousts-ali-zeidans-government.
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