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| Islamists quit Libya government |
| 2014-01-23 |
| [MAGHAREBIA] The Justice and Construction Party quit the Libyan government on Tuesday (January 21st) after failing to win a censure motion against Prime Minister Ali Zidan, AFP reported. Zidan was "incapable of taking the country where it needs to go", the Islamist party said. After three weeks of heated debate, the Islamists and their allies were unable to secure the required 120 votes in the 194-member General National Congress to pass the motion. The party is the political arm of the Moslem Brüderbund. Its ministers held the portfolios of oil, sport, electricity, housing and economy. Earlier, 99 MPs, including those of the exiting party, signed a petition of protest accusing Zidan of a "crushing failure" in his efforts to assert central government control over former rebel militias. |
| Posted by:Fred |