Al-Bilad program discussed Monday the session of the House of Representatives in Sirte, and the most prominent reservations about the cabinet line-up.
A positive step
Mohammed Ghumim describes the parliament’s session in Sirte as “the victory of the bets of politics over the stakes of the war.”
He said: “This thing makes every Libyan happy, for the parliament to convene and thus end the institutional division and the so-called Parliament of Tripoli.”
He continued: “The situation confirms that there is a desire from the MPs to proceed to achieve something on the ground, after the bad conditions experienced by the Libyan citizen due to their division and differences, and what is happening in Sirte is a positive thing in the Libyan political scene.”
For his part, lawyer and human rights activist Abdel Hafeez Ghouqa commented on the matter by saying: “The end of the division in the House of Representatives is a good thing, and Monday’s session is about observations about the expanded ministerial formation and the need to be miniature and with competencies according to what was agreed upon at the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, with the necessity to include It was agreed upon in Tunis and Geneva in the Constitutional Declaration so that the government may acquire legal and constitutional legitimacy, as if we are in the same scene for 2016.”
Abdul Hafeez Ghouqa does not wish to return the cabinet line-up to the prime minister and to demand that it be minimized, as happened in 2016, when Al-Sarraj was asked to bring in a mini-government of no more than ten members, after he brought in a government of 30 ministers, and Al-Sarraj did not present. He formed it again after that meeting.
“There is no doubt that the prime minister complied with quotas, courtesy, and the pressures that were exerted on him, but he should have obeyed the Libyan public opinion.” He added.
He added that one of the tasks of this government is to address some problems within a short period, and then go to the elections, but the ministry is in this way,” said Ghouqa, expanding and creating new ministries and dividing the existing ministries into three ministries that do not serve the preliminary stage intended by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum.
Only six ministries
Abdel Hafeez Ghouqa said, that the new prime minister did not reduce the number of ministries in the two “Accord and Unity” governments, but rather followed the same path.
He added: “For example, the Ministry of Education becomes three ministries, a Ministry of Water Resources and a Ministry of Oil and Gas, these ministries are in fact managed according to existing and existing national bodies and institutions and can continue throughout the introductory year alongside the four sovereign ministries, we need six ministries at most to manage the preliminary phase.”
He continued: “What is required from the new government is to achieve a kind of economic recovery, a kind of stability, address important files, and support the military and security paths, which are the basis for achieving stability and security.”
According to “Ghouqa,” Abdel Hamid Dabaiba was not successful with this broad ministerial formation.
Ghouqa called on the House of Representatives to work faster, provided that what was agreed upon in the constitutional declaration is to be secured today, Tuesday, and the amendment is not required first in order to guarantee the constitutional declaration, that is, to include in the constitutional declaration what has been agreed upon.
He continued: “It is known that the House of Representatives approved all the outputs of the Geneva Dialogue Forum, that is, it accepted the government and prime minister, and now; Looks at government line-up.”
Major opposition to the line-up
Mohammad Ghamim explained that what he followed of discussions during the session could say that 80% of the deputies are pushing for this ministerial formation, despite many problems in expanding and suspicions on the names of some personalities, and there are those who accused Abdul Hamid al-Dabaiba of not observing the quota system and that he practiced Exclusion and relied on the policy of gratification and extortion.
He added: The general atmosphere within the dialogue session confirms the existence of a tendency among the majority of MPs to present two options to the prime minister: the amendment and the removal of some controversial names and the representation of some blocs or electoral districts or to assume responsibility in having a mini government of his choice without interference or blackmail from anyone. And what happened today is nothing but a prelude to returning the government’s line-up to Dabaiba. And adjusted in a period of ten days.
Mohammad Ghumim does not expect that there will be an alternative plan for the ministerial formation, especially for the parliament. He adds: “Dabaiba” fell between complacency and blackmail, and I did not expect the ministerial formation to receive this large opposition from the House of Representatives.
Abdul Hafeez Ghouqa expects that Dabaiba will explain in Tuesday’s session in front of the House of Representatives why he resorted to this expanded government, and his response to the pressures exerted on him by MPs and other various bodies.
He added: “This ministerial formation may pass in its current form, but this is not due to street pressure, but the erosion of legitimacy for the House of Representatives. This parliament lacks legitimacy and has not presented the country with anything since its division and even before its division, this is a fact that we can never overlook, the failure of the House of Representatives. Like all the bodies in the scene, I have failed to achieve security and safety for the citizen. I personally see the House of Representatives and the State Council as a fait accompli imposed on us.”
For his part, political analyst Faraj Farkash says that the matter is geared towards granting confidence, but he does not agree with “Ghamim” when he said that the formation of the amendment needs ten days. Adding: “I think that this will not happen unless a vote occurs, and the deputies will not vote until a slight amendment is introduced to some of the names.”
He continued: “I received some clarifications regarding people who have reservations, or rumors of corruption or fraud were raised around them, such as Khaled al-Jazwi, the candidate for health minister, and Musa al-Maqrif, the candidate for the Ministry of Education, and we got clarification that there are rumors raised by their opponents.”
