LIBYA: Interim rulers say they will announce a "crisis" government within the next few days

Record ID: 739580

  • Title: LIBYA: Interim rulers say they will announce a "crisis" government within the next few days
  • Date: 24th September 2011
  • Summary: BENGHAZI, LIBYA (SEPTEMBER 23, 2011) (REUTERS) REPORTERS SITTING IN OFFICE WITH SPOKESMAN FOR THE NATIONAL TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL (NTC), ABDEL HAFIZ GHOGA (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SPOKESMAN FOR THE NATIONAL TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL (NTC), ABDEL HAFIZ GHOGA, SAYING: "We've agreed on a number of portfolios and talks are now ongoing so we could identify the remaining portfolios. There will be 22 portfolios and one vice premier." GHOGA SPEAKING ON MOBILE MORE OF GHOGA SPEAKING TO REPORTERS.
  • Embargoed: 9th October 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Libya
  • Country: Libya
  • Topics: Conflict,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA6WEK78WG8LHFE3Q6Q7ICEUXKX
  • Story Text: Libya's interim rulers said on Friday (September 23) they would announce a "crisis" government within the next few days, signalling a breakthrough in efforts to form a more inclusive administration after the war that ousted Muammar Gaddafi.
    "We've agreed on a number of portfolios and talks are now ongoing so we could identify the remaining portfolios. There will be 22 portfolios and one vice premier," said Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, a spokesman for the National Transitional Council (NTC).
    NTC forces said they had tightened their grip on southern oasis towns which sided with Gaddafi. That progress is overshadowed by unsuccessful efforts to take two remaining strongholds loyal to the ousted leader.
    It remains unclear whether the NTC, still based in the eastern city of Benghazi, can unify a country split along tribal and regional lines.
    Getting the oil on which the economy relies pumping again is key to building the NTC's credibility and earning more of the cash it needs to build a new state after 42 years of eccentric, one-man rule.
    Those efforts were boosted on Friday when France's Total said production at its Al-Jurf offshore field had restarted and that crude shipments were likely to resume in around two weeks.
    The company said it still needed to carry out detailed inspections at its onshore sites before being in a position to say when it would restart production. Total has a Libyan crude production capacity of 55,000 barrels per day.
    The announcement is the latest step towards getting oil pumping at full capacity again, though wresting control of Bani Walid and Sirte from Gaddafi's forces remains the NTC priority.
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