Alwaght- Libya's Presidential Council named a revised lineup late on Sunday for a unity government with the internationally-recognized parliament to vote on the line-up early this week.
The council revised the line-up after parliament refused to approve a 32-member unity government last month, saying it was too large and setting a 10-day deadline for a smaller cabinet.
One of the council's members, Fathi al-Majbari, said in a televised statement that the list of 13 ministers and five ministers of state had been sent to Libya's eastern parliament for approval.
"We call on Libyans suffering from the fighting ... and the members of parliament to support the Government of National Accord, which will provide the framework to fight terrorism," Majbari said.
Prime Minister-designate Fayez Seraj, who also heads the Presidential Council, told reporters on Sunday that the latest appointments took into account "experience, competence, geographical distribution, the political spectrum and the components of Libyan society".
But even before the list is approved, there are divisions within the council after two of its nine members refused for a second time to put their signatures to the proposed government.
"We didn't sign because we don't agree on the government. The way the ministers were nominated is not transparent at all," said the member, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The UN plan under which the unity government has been named was designed assist Libya stabilize and tackle a growing threat from ISIS terrorist groups. The accord that was signed in Morocco in December, but has been opposed by hard-liners on both sides from the start and suffered repeated delays.
Libya plunged into conflict soon after the uprising that toppled Dictator Muammar Gaddafi five years ago. Since 2014, the North African state has had two competing governments, one based in Tripoli and the other in the east, both of which are backed by loose alliances of militants.
Amid the chaos, ISIS Takfiri terrorists have gradually extended their presence, taking over the city of Sirte while wreaking havoc in the capital, Tripoli. ISIS terrorist group members are reportedly relocating to Libya following the success of intensified Russian airstrikes in Syria and progress made by Iraqi forces against the Takfiri group in the country.
