TRIPOLI — A source close to the office of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has said that he has not received any resignations to date. It had been reported Monday that two ministerial nominees from his cabinet had submitted their resignations. The two ministers rumored to have resigned are Foreign Affairs Minster Ali Aujli, and Minister of Martyrs and Missing Sami Al-Saadi. According to the source, the integrity committee had been tasked to review six ministers referred to it, and that no action would be taken until it concluded its assessments. However, it has been learned that the integrity commission has yet to receive the ministers' files. The process of vetting alone could take up to three weeks and delays in receiving files could postpone the commission's final report. Aujli appeared in an interview with Al-Hurra TV earlier this week, where he stated that contrary to rumors, he had not resigned. Despite calls for his removal, Aujli noted that Zeidan had selected him and the GNC (General National Congress) had approved his nomination. Al-Saadi, the founder of Al-Umma Al-Wasat party and former deputy of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), stated on a social network site that he intended to resign. His grievances with the voting method of the GNC, the partisan nature of Congress and the marginalization of important groups, were among his main reasons for deciding to step down. Meanwhile there has also been a quasi-resignation from the GNC. Following the recent storming of the Congress hall at Rixos Hotel over Zeidan's proposed cabinet, National Forces Alliance chairman Ibrahim Gheryani requested that his membership from the legislature be suspended. Gheryani wants probe into repeated intrusions on congress. — Libya Herald
