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Sunday 21 Feb 2016 - 13:22 Makkah mean time-12-5-1437
Libyan Prime Minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj (Pic: Al Jazeera News)
Tobruk (IINA) – Libyan Prime Minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj on Saturday presented the program of his new national unity government before the internationally recognized parliament ahead of a confidence vote.
"The members of parliament discussed with the Presidential Council the proposed unity government's program as well as the names of ministers," the Libyan news agency (WAL) reported.
It added that the session was adjourned after several hours of "heated debate" and was set to resume on Sunday at 0800 GMT.
The Presidential Council, born of an agreement in December last year under UN auspices between representatives of the rival parliaments, on Monday proposed the formation of a unity government of 18 members.
Before a confidence vote scheduled for Tuesday, the MPs in Tobruk had asked that Sarraj appear before them. It was not immediately clear if Sarraj would attend Sunday's session also.
The parliamentary session on Saturday came a day after a US airstrike against Daesh training camp in Sabratha, 70 kilometers west of the capital Tripoli, killing 49 people, probably including a top militant.
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