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Libya Congress rejects new PM Ahmed Maitig

Libya Congress rejects new PM Ahmed Maitig

Ahmed Maitig on National Libyan TV on 4 May Ahmed Maitig was sworn in after the televised parliamentary vote on Sunday

Post-Gaddafi

Libya's Congress leader has rejected the appointment of a new interim prime minister hours after he was sworn in.

Ahmed Maitig thought he had secured the support of 121 deputies after several rounds of voting in Congress.

But the process was held in a chaotic session, and acting Congress chairman Ezzedine Al-Amawi later declared the vote illegal.

He asked Abdullah al-Thinni, who quit following a gun attack on his family, to continue as caretaker.

The BBC's Rana Jawad in Tripoli says a prime ministerial spokesman told local TV that Mr Thinni would comply with the request.

Mr Maitig, from Misrata, was sworn in after the controversial vote was shown live on television.

Chronic instability He was initially reported to have secured 113 votes, falling short of the 120 required.
Deputy speaker Saleh al-Makhzoum later said Mr Maitig, 42, had clinched 121 votes in the 185-seat chamber after voting resumed.

But some deputies later claimed it was illegal because Mr Amawi had already declared the session for voting over.

The vote was originally scheduled to take place on Tuesday, but it was interrupted when gunmen stormed the parliament - the General National Congress - forcing the deputies to evacuate. The building has been stormed several times by gunmen over the last year and a half.

Libya has been plagued by instability since armed groups toppled Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011.

Mr Maitig's spell in power, if it was ever formally recognised, makes him the fifth prime minister to be appointed in the past two and a half years.

Elections for a new parliament that will replace the General National Congress are expected later this year, which is also expected to usher in a new cabinet.

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