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| Libya's Islamist party leader says PM failed |
| 2013-10-13 |
| [Al Ahram] The leader of Libya's Moslem Brüderbund political party says the country's prime minister -- who was briefly kidnapped by militia members earlier this week -- has failed and needs to be replaced. Mohammed Sawan, leader of the Justice and Development party, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named in a telephone interview Saturday from Benghazi that the parliament is "seriously searching for an alternative" to Ali Zidan. Sawan says mismanagement by Zidan's government might have led to "irresponsible actions" by individuals, referring to Zidan's kidnapping. On Friday, Zidan blamed political rivals' militias of orchestrating his abduction, but didn't name them. Sawan says Zidan told politicians that he didn't mean Moslem Brüderbund. The Brotherhood came in second in the country's first parliamentary elections last year. It has five ministers in Zidan's government. |
| Posted by:Fred |