Libya Awaits Announcement of New Government by AFP explains Abu Shagur's miscalculation in proposing a cabinet dominated by his allies in the Al-Kib government.Analysts said Abu Shagur faces an uphill task. "The first challenge is security," said Jason Pack, a Libyan history researcher at Cambridge University and president of online repository libya-analysis.com. "The central government does not yet have sufficient military capacity to provide adequate security for its own parliamentary offices, let alone for the complex process of disarming and demobilising the hundreds of militias," he added.Carlo Binda, director of the US-based National Democratic Institute's Libya branch, said Abu Shagur to his credit had "shown sensitivity and political sophistication by appointing deputies and ministers from each of the regions". Binda downplayed the Zawiyah protest's significance, saying it reflected one "local grievance", and stressed that regional and tribal politics were not the main reason the GNC rejected his proposed Cabinet."It was rejected for a collection of reasons… You can't possibly satisfy each and every interest when trying to compose a Cabinet. Then you would have a Cabinet of six million people," Binda said. Pack agreed: "Anyone in Abu Shagur's position would be hard-pressed to come up with a list that could please everybody."
Libya Awaits Announcement of New Government