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March 15, 2021 Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, the premier of the Libyan transitional government that has the task of bringing Libya to the elections in December, was sworn in in front of the parliament in Tobruk, 1,300 kilometers from Tripoli in the east of the country.



The premier and his ministers were sworn in in a ceremony broadcast in streaming on a Libyan TV.



"I swear to Allah Almighty to carry out my duties with all honesty and devotion, to remain true to the objectives of the February 17 revolution, to respect the constitutional declaration, to take full care of the interests of the people and to preserve the independence of Libya, its security and territorial integrity ", declared Dbeibah, the two deputy premieres and the 26 ministers.



The oath was followed by a speech by the president of parliament, Aqila Saleh, who among other things urged to put an end to the divisions and to turn the page with the past.

Afterwards, as shown by images released by the Libya Al-Hadath TV site, the head of the new presidential council, Mohammad Younes Menfi, also spoke.



The ceremony came after parliamentarians backed the Dbeibah government last week, amid international pressure on stakeholders in Libya to enforce the UN-mediated roadmap, which calls for general elections on December 24.

Present in Tobruk the head of the presidential council, Mohammed Menfi, and the other two members of the body, Abdullah Al-Lafi and move Al-Kouni, elected on the occasion of the political dialogue forum.



The head of the high council of state, Khalid Al-Mishri, also attended the session of the House of Representatives.

Dbeibah, a powerful businessman from the western city of Misrata, was appointed last month to lead the executive arm of the interim government, which also includes a three-member presidential council, chaired by Mohammad Younes Memphis, a Libyan diplomat from Libya. east of the country.

Dbeibah's cabinet includes 33 ministers and two deputy ministers, who he said are representative of Libya's diverse geographic areas and social segments.