Qaddafi put in place Masoud Abdel Hafiz instead of Abdel Fattah Younes al Abidi as interior minister and replaced ex-justice minister Mustafa Mohamed Abud Ajleil with Mohamed Amhamad Al-Qamoudy.

Mohamed Aqri Al-Mahgouby replaced Abdul-Rahman Al-Abbar as prosecutor general, who had also resigned and joined the opposition last week.