The new Libyan government takes the legal oath

The Libyan government assigned by the House of Representatives took the legal oath this evening, Thursday, before the House, in an evening session held at the temporary headquarters of the House of Representatives in Tobruk.

Twenty-three ministers attended out of 38, who are all the government formation chosen by Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha, while the rest were unable to attend due to the closure of the Libyan airspace and the coastal road linking the east and west of the country, in addition to three ministers who were detained by armed groups: the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Technical Education and Minister of Culture.

The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, had previously revealed the final number of members of the House, which was reduced to 163 deputies, after the appointment of three deputies as ministers in the Bashagha government.

Saleh built on this the number of quorum required to grant confidence to the government, which was estimated at 82 deputies (half the number of deputies + 1).

Saleh confirmed that the new government received 97 votes when it was granted confidence, including eight deputies who voted electronically through recorded voice messages sent to the parliament on the day the confidence was granted, and they were presented in today's session.

Saleh considered that the vote of confidence took place in a legal and transparent manner, and Akila recited in front of the members the names of the representatives who had given confidence to the government, with the exception of one member who refused to display his name for "security conditions."

After taking the oath, Bashagha delivered a speech before the Council, in which he condemned what he described as unjustified violence from some parties, "in reference to the government of national unity", by detaining the freedom of three ministers, and closing the airspace and the coastal road, which increased the suffering of the citizens, according to him, calling Opening the road and the atmosphere and releasing the detainees from the ministers.

Bashagha said: "We have handed over power in the past, and some are trying to drag us into the fighting, but we will not shed a single drop of blood, and we will study all options to take power in Tripoli."

On the other hand, the Ministry of Defense in the Government of National Unity warned all military units and formations against moving any armed, military or paramilitary convoys or vehicles without prior permission from the ministry.

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