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TRIPOLI. — Libyan Interior Minister Mohamed Khalifa al-Sheikh tendered his resignation yesterday, just three months into the job, his spokesman said, as unrest escalates in the North African country.Sheikh became the second cabinet minister to quit since August 4 when deputy prime minister Awadh al-Barassi stepped down citing the government’s inability to contain unrest. Libya has been hit by a spate of attacks against Western targets, security forces and judges, as well as political assassinations since the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi in a 2011 uprising. Security guards, including former rebels who helped topple Gaddfi, have gone on strike since last month at key oil terminals prompting Prime Minister Zeidan to threaten them with military force.
Interior ministry spokesman Rami Kaal said that Khalifa tendered his resignation in a letter submitted to the General National Congress, Libya’s higher political authority, and to the prime minister.
Zeidan accepted the resignation and asked deputy prime minister Sadik Abdelkrim to run the interior ministry until a replacement for Khalifa is found, official LENA news agency said. Khalifa took the reins of the interior ministry at the end of May to replace Achour Chwayel who quit the job after a law was passed banning those who served under Kadhafi from holding government jobs. — AFP.
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