Libya's NTC Handed Power to Newly Appointed National Assembly

The ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) handed over power to the newly elected National Assembly on 8 August 2012 in a night ceremony in Tripoli, Libya. NTC Chairman, Mustafa Abdel Jalil passed on the responsibility to the oldest member of the new two hundred member assembly, Mohammed Ali Salim.
Later, the congress members took an oath led by Mohammed Ali Salim. The new assembly will appoint a new interim Prime Minister to form the government and a sixty member panel to draft the new constitution of Libya. The NTC Chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil and the oldest member of the body, Mohammed Ali Salim, also signed documents during the event.
The ceremony marked the first peaceful government transition of the country post Gadhafi  seized power in Libya. The event was held on the twentieth day of Ramadan.
Though the handover of power came in as a good news, Libya still struggles with its security concerns. Unknown individuals attacked the residence of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Misrata on 5 August 2012. None of the staff members inside the building at the time of the attack were registered hurt, but the building suffered extensive damage.
NTC was announced in the city of Benghazi, Libya on 27 February 2011 to act as the political face of the revolution.