Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah on Thursday submitted his proposal for the new government for parliament approval in an effort to unite the country’s divided institutions, the prime minister's office said. "In accordance with the road map of the political agreement ... (Dbeibah) handed over to the speaker of the elected parliament his proposals for ministerial portfolios," the office said in a statement. After unveiling the proposal last week, Dbeibah said the new government structure has been prepared in accordance with the United Nations road map. "We submitted today a proposition for a structure and a working vision of a national unity government along with the selection criteria for (that) team ... to the speaker of parliament," Dbeibah told reporters in Tripoli last week. The U.N. special envoy for Libya, Jan Kubis, also spoke to both Dbeibah and influential Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh on Thursday, where he "stressed the importance of moving forward" with the vote of confidence on the Cabinet set for March 8.

Source: Libya Today March 05, 2021 09:45 UTC