{"id":7717,"date":"2013-08-04T11:45:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T11:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/libyas-deputy-pm-resigns\/"},"modified":"2013-08-04T11:45:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-04T11:45:26","slug":"libyas-deputy-pm-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/libyas-deputy-pm-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya\u2019s deputy PM resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Libya’s deputy prime minister Awadh al-Barassi announced his resignation late on Saturday, slamming the government as “dysfunctional” and unable to end a wave of violence.<\/p>\n

Barassi made the surprise announcement at a news conference in the restive eastern city of Benghazi, amid growing public anger over widespread violence and a spate of political assassinations.<\/p>\n

His resignation came just days after Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said he was shelving plans to carry out a cabinet reshuffle to improve the government’s response to the unrest.<\/p>\n

Blasting a “dysfunctional government”, Barassi said he was stepping down due to “a security breakdown and assassinations linked to the cabinet’s policies”, state-run Lana news agency reported<\/p>\n

He said the government had failed to win the people’s trust and provide state agencies with the resources needed to achieve development goals.<\/p>\n

Zeidan expressed “surprise” but said he accepted Barassi’s resignation, Lana added.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Zeidan said he would restore the feared Internal Security Agency which helped keep the ousted dictatorship of Moamer Kadhafi in power for decades, to try to stem the violence.<\/p>\n

He also said he would reshuffle his cabinet but, on Wednesday, he said he was shelving the plans and would instead form a “crisis committee”.<\/p>\n

Since Kadhafi’s overthrow in 2011, the Libyan authorities have struggled to reestablish order and form a professional police and army.<\/p>\n

There has been a spate of attacks, particularly in the east, some of which have struck several Western targets and have been blamed on hardline Islamist groups.<\/p>\n

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