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2nd LD: Libyan Presidential Council proposes new unity gov't lineup

Xinhua, February 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Libyan Presidential Council has proposed a new lineup for a unity government in a bid to end the chaos that has been gripping the country since 2011.

The council said in a statement late Sunday in the Moroccan city of Skhirat that it approved an 18-member cabinet that includes three women.

Two out of the nine members of the presidential council abstained from signing the decision of forming the new government, Xinhua has learned.

According to a United Nations-brokered deal signed in December by representatives of various parties taking part in the inter-Libyan dialogue, a new government should be based in Tripoli, and should win the approval of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives, Libya's internationally recognized parliament.

Sunday's proposal is the second by the council since Libya's rival parties agreed to form a unity government.

On Jan. 25, the House of Representatives rejected the council's first proposal over its size -- 32 ministers and four deputy prime ministers.

The North African country plunged into turmoil in 2011 after the fall of leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Since July 2014, the Libyan crisis has deepened as two rival parliaments and governments started to fight for legitimacy. Endit