Salon.com > Mustafa Abushagur http://www.salon.com Sun, 26 May 2013 01:38:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Libyan Prime Minister dismissed with no-confidence vote http://www.salon.com/2012/10/08/libyan_prime_minister_dismissed_with_no_confidence_vote/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/08/libyan_prime_minister_dismissed_with_no_confidence_vote/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:26:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13033525 Global Post Libya’s prime minister, Mustafa Abushagur, was dismissed with a no-confidence vote Sunday after failing to win approval for a new cabinet for the second time.

Abushagur submitted plans for the establishment of 10 ministries, among them defense, interior and justice. He withdrew his first cabinet proposal after it encountered strong criticism and protests.

Abushagur had only 72 hours to get a new cabinet list approved or he would be forced to resign less than a month into his term.

By Sunday, parliamentary spokesman Omar Humeidan said he had reached the end of the 25-day period in which he must form a government, reports Fox News.

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