Ali Zidan, formerly independent GNC member from Jufra, now has two weeks to complete the difficult task of balancing the demands of various Libyan political interests to come up with a cabinet acceptable to the GNC. Will political parties, independent blocs, and regional factions learn how to compromise this time around? The Libya Herald has the story - Ali Zidan Elected Prime Minister.
Zidan enjoyed the broad support of the National Forces Alliance, who also backed him in the speaker’s race, as well as a number of independents...He will now have two weeks to submit his Cabinet, and it remains to be decided whether Congress will choose to maintain the same system of ratification as previously, in which every name on the list had to be voted on individually.