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Libyan prime minister quits after one month, citing violence
Source: Reuters
Libyan prime minister quits after one month, citing violence
BY FERAS BOSALUM AND JULIA PAYNE
TRIPOLI Sun Apr 13, 2014 1:00pm EDT
(Reuters) - Libya's interim prime minister handed his resignation to parliament on Sunday, just one month into the job, saying gunmen had tried to attack his family.
Abdullah al-Thinni's resignation adds to the growing chaos in Libya, where the government has struggled to control brigades of former rebels nearly three years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.
The General National Congress (GNC), the country's parliament, has not yet officially recognized Thinni's resignation and will decide what to do at its next session on Tuesday, a GNC spokesman said.
Thinni said he would stay in his post until the GNC selects a new prime minister.
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BY FERAS BOSALUM AND JULIA PAYNE
TRIPOLI Sun Apr 13, 2014 1:00pm EDT
(Reuters) - Libya's interim prime minister handed his resignation to parliament on Sunday, just one month into the job, saying gunmen had tried to attack his family.
Abdullah al-Thinni's resignation adds to the growing chaos in Libya, where the government has struggled to control brigades of former rebels nearly three years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.
The General National Congress (GNC), the country's parliament, has not yet officially recognized Thinni's resignation and will decide what to do at its next session on Tuesday, a GNC spokesman said.
Thinni said he would stay in his post until the GNC selects a new prime minister.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/13/us-libya-government-idUSBREA3C0I320140413