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Libya's Tripoli govt sacks Hassi
 [Iran Press TV] The head of the Tripoli...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... -based government in Libya has been sacked after an overwhelming majority of politicians backed his ouster. The General National Congress (GNC), which was reinstated after Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... seized the capital in July 2014, voted to dismiss Omar al-Hassi for his poor performance. "The head of the government was dismissed by the parliament in a vote on Tuesday that was backed by the rest of the ministers," media outlets quoted a senior politician as saying on Tuesday. Mohammed Khalifa al-Guwail, the GNC's first deputy speaker, has now been tasked with running a caretaker cabinet until a new government is formed within one month. Hassi, a lecturer in political science at the University of Benghazi, had been tasked by the Tripoli-based parliament to form a government last August. However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... he faced criticism and came under fire by his critics for failing to fire ministers accused of corruption. Libya has had two governments and parliaments since summer 2014. The internationally recognized government is based in the eastern city of Bayda, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) northeast of Benghazi. Posted by: Fred 2015-04-01 |
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