Libya Assembly Rejects New Cabinet, Dismisses PM

The General National Congress on Sunday rejected a 10-member "crisis government" proposed by Libya's Prime Minister Mustafa Abu Shagur and dismissed him, the presidency said.

One hundred and twenty-five members in the 200-seat GNC did not express "confidence" in the list, against 44 members for and 17 abstentions, according to a live transmission on state television.

Under GNC rules, the assembly will now elect a new premier after Abu Shagur also had an earlier proposed line-up turned down, and deliberations on the procedure to follow were already beginning late on Sunday.

Pending a new vote, GNC members announced their intention to renew their confidence in the outgoing interim administration of premier Abdel Rahim al-Kib.