Zeidan's Newly Proposed Cabinet has Been Rejected

Below is the full text of an article from the Libya Business NewsA cabinet reshuffle proposed by Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been rejected on Sunday by Libya's General National Congress (GNC).MP Mahmoud al-Gheriani told Anadolu Agency that parliament turned down the request,"given an earlier agreement to withdraw confidence from the government in mid-February". Libya Herald reported that the proposed new ministers were:

  • Mahmoud Ajaj, current head of HIB, to replace Ali Hussein Al-Sharif at Housing and Utilities;

  • Mraja Gaith, current Deputy Minister of Finance, at Finance (replacing Alkilani Abdel-Kareem);

  • Mohamed Muftah Nuh, currently head of the PIB Western Region, at Economy (replacing Mustafa Abofanas);

  • Fathi Mohamed Abdul-Latif at Oil and Gas (replacing Abdulbari Al-Arusi);

  • Saleh Mazen Abdurrahman Barasi, current head of Tripoli CID, at Interior, currently being run by the Deputy Prime Minister Sadiq Abdulkarim;

  • Ibrahim Sharkas as Youth and Sports Minister to replace Abdulsalam Guaila;

  • Mohamed Bashir Abduldaim as Local Government Minister, replacing Abubakr Al-Hadi Mohammed; and,

  • Minister Habib Al-Amin is taking on the Information Ministry.