Dozens of Libyan gunmen occupied the main chamber of the country’s parliament, forcing lawmakers to work in a smaller room upstairs and delaying ratification of the budget, Prime Minister Ali Zidane and Parliamentary speaker Mohammad Magariaf said.
The militiamen demanded that some of the ministers be removed because they have links to the late Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
Libya had agreed about the composition of a government earlier on Wednesday, and Prime Minister Ali Zidane gained the support of the National Congress for his choice of ministers.
Presidential guards were stationed in the Congress complex and had been ordered not to fight with the men, it reported.
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