Libyan rebels reshuffle leadership - Africa - Al Jazeera English

Libyan rebels reshuffle leadership - Africa - Al Jazeera English: "Libya's opposition National Transitional Council (NTC) has dissolved its executive board and asked Mahmoud Jibril, its chairman, to elect a new one.

Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley, reporting from the opposition stronghold city of Benghazi, said the news on Monday came unexpectedly.

'This came completely out of the blue. There's a lot of speculation now that there is some sort of inner fallout following the murder of Abdel Fattah Younes, the commander of the opposition forces, more than a week ago.'

Birtley said there had been complaints over the handling of Younes' death by the NTC and the disbanding of the executive board could be related.

Abdul Jalil, the head of the Libyan opposition, in an interview with Al Jazeera on Monday said: 'Administrative mistakes have been noted in the NTC bureau performance in the recent period, prompting the NTC to take the decision to dissolve the bureau."

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