Libya's newly elected Prime Minister Mustafa Abushagur was dismissed by the country's congress on Sunday after members passed a vote of no confidence. The vote came after politicians rejected Abushagur's nominations for a new government.Libya's parliament on Sunday passed a no-confidence vote in the newly-elected prime minister, removing him from his post, in the latest blow to stability in the war-ravaged country.
Mustafa Abushagur was Libya's first elected prime minister after last year's overthrow of dictator Muammar Qadaffy
... who had more funny outfits than Louis XIV...
that ended eight months of civil war.
He had 25 days from his appointment to form a Cabinet approved upon by parliament, but that deadline expired on Sunday as politicians moved to unseat him. The General National Congress voted 125 versus 44 in favor of removing him as prime minister, with 19 abstaining from voting.
Until a replacement can be nominated, management of Libya's government is in the hands of the legislature.
Abushagur represented an offshoot of the country's oldest anti-Qadaffy opposition movement, and was considered a compromise candidate acceptable to both liberals and Islamists.
But he failed to produce a list of ministers that could win the approval of enough politicians. After 40 years of Qadaffy's divide-and-rule tactics and the 2011 war, Libya's towns, tribes and regions are highly polarized. Many feel entitled to high government positions because of their losses in the war against Qadaffy, and are wary of any power wielded by their rivals.