Libya's UN-backed Presidential Council announced the formation of a
revised national unity government, with the internationally-recognised
parliament to vote on the line-up early this week.
One of the council's members, Fathi al-Majbari, said in a televised statement late on Sunday that the list of 13 ministers and five ministers of state had been sent to Libya's eastern parliament for approval.
Majbari, announced the list just before the deadline to reach an agreement expired.
"We hope that this will be the beginning of the end of the conflict in Libya," Majbari said from Skhirat, Morocco, where the council has been meeting to try to come up with a government.
But in a sign of continuing divisions over how to bring together Libya's warring factions, 2 of the council's9 members refused for a second time to put their signatures to the proposed government, according to a document posted on the Presidential Council's Facebook page.
The UN plan under which the unity government has been named was designed to help Libya stabilise and tackle a growing threat from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). It was signed in Morocco in December, but has been opposed by hard-liners on both sides from the start and suffered repeated delays.
The council that reached the agreement is made up of nine members from Libya's rival factions and headed by prime minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj
Fayez Seraj, who also heads the Presidential Council, told reporters on Sunday that the latest appointments took into account "experience, competence, geographical distribution, the political spectrum and the components of Libyan society".
Many of the names on Sunday's list were different from last month's proposal, though the nominee for the key post of defence minister, Mahdi al-Barghathi, was unchanged.
UN Libya envoy Martin Kobler was quick to congratulate the council on announcing a new cabinet. "The journey to peace and unity of the Libyan people has finally started," he tweeted.
One of the council's members, Fathi al-Majbari, said in a televised statement late on Sunday that the list of 13 ministers and five ministers of state had been sent to Libya's eastern parliament for approval.
Majbari, announced the list just before the deadline to reach an agreement expired.
"We hope that this will be the beginning of the end of the conflict in Libya," Majbari said from Skhirat, Morocco, where the council has been meeting to try to come up with a government.
But in a sign of continuing divisions over how to bring together Libya's warring factions, 2 of the council's9 members refused for a second time to put their signatures to the proposed government, according to a document posted on the Presidential Council's Facebook page.
The UN plan under which the unity government has been named was designed to help Libya stabilise and tackle a growing threat from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). It was signed in Morocco in December, but has been opposed by hard-liners on both sides from the start and suffered repeated delays.
The council that reached the agreement is made up of nine members from Libya's rival factions and headed by prime minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj
Fayez Seraj, who also heads the Presidential Council, told reporters on Sunday that the latest appointments took into account "experience, competence, geographical distribution, the political spectrum and the components of Libyan society".
Many of the names on Sunday's list were different from last month's proposal, though the nominee for the key post of defence minister, Mahdi al-Barghathi, was unchanged.
UN Libya envoy Martin Kobler was quick to congratulate the council on announcing a new cabinet. "The journey to peace and unity of the Libyan people has finally started," he tweeted.
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