The House of Representatives had reviewed, in a public session, the ministerial formation submitted by Fathi Bashagha in order to gain confidence after the meeting of the House that was scheduled for Monday was not possible, due to differences over ministerial portfolios, according to Parliament Spokesman Abdullah Belhaq.
The government formed and presented by the Prime Minister, who won the confidence of the House of Representatives, Fathi Bashagha, consisted of 3 deputies, 29 ministers and 6 ministers of state.
The Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Al-Dabaiba, renewed the past two days his refusal to hand over the executive authority except to a new government after the parliamentary elections.
During his speech at the popular movement forum in support of the elections under the (No Extension Slogan), which was held last Sunday, Dabaiba called for the necessity of opening the constitutional circuit in the Supreme Court to enable Libyans to challenge the measures taken by the House of Representatives in order to get rid of the current bodies.
Al-Dabaiba called on the judiciary to side with the people, stressing that the upcoming elections in June will end all bodies, the first of which is the national unity government.
Dabaiba said during his participation in the forum: “It was scheduled to end the authority of the presidential and government next June, but the House of Representatives was impatient and we entered the elections and force majeure, and they accused us, the Libyan people, of force majeure, and this absurdity cannot continue.”
Bashagha’s large cabinet of 35 ministers reflects the protracted negotiations and promises of office, which are needed to ensure the support of the majority in Parliament and the various interests it represents.
The vote was originally scheduled for Monday, but parliament members were only able to approve Bashagha’s government list on Tuesday.