Ali Zidan is still struggling to get his
government up to full capacity. There is no indication yet that he has found
replacements for those ministers who were ruled unfit for office by the
Integrity Commission. The new premier may well be waiting for the appeals
process to end before making any moves in this direction but this could take
some time.
Zidan has also yet to nominate anyone to take over the post of
Minister for Martyrs and the Missing. His first nominee, Sami
Saeidi, resigned earlier in the month on the grounds that the
government contained too many members with links to the former regime. This is
an important portfolio for the Libyans, and the ongoing absence of a minister is
likely to aggravate the frustration already felt by the thousands of families at
the state's slowness in offering them proper compensation.
The Integrity Commission also still has to issue its ruling on
Abdulsalam Mohammed Abusaad, Zidan's nominee for Awqaf
Minister. Last week, the Commission complained that it still had not received
Abusaad's file.
The longer the process of forming a government drags on, the
more difficult it becomes for the Prime Minister to convince the Libyans that he
has a credible cabinet that has what it takes to take charge and to change
things on the ground. The government is rapidly coming to resemble a body that
is being pushed around by the stronger forces that surround it, from the
Integrity Commission, to the revolutionaries, to the General National Congress
(GNC).
© 2012 Menas Associates
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