Libya's new transitional government was sworn in Thursday tasked with uniting the war-ravaged country and paving the way to a new constitution and general elections in seven months. The ministers pledged to remain faithful to the "objectives of the February 17 revolution" and to "preserve the independence of Libya, its security and the unity of its territory."
Several ministers were absent, including the new defence and oil ministers, and will take their oaths of office at a later date, Prime Minster Abdel Rahim al-Kib told reporters at the ceremony. "This is a very upbeat mood, everybody is excited. We had a very exciting meeting, very productive," he said.
Kib unveiled his cabinet on Tuesday and quickly drew barbs from Libya's regions, including representatives of the Berber minority and opposition stalwarts in Benghazi, who complained of their "marginalisation" in the new government line-up. But Kib, whose task was to name a government of technocrats with the goal of rebuilding a country scarred by war and 42 years of dictatorship, sought to reassure doubters.
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