TRIPOLI: Libya’s Interior Minister Mohammed Khalifa Al-Sheikh stepped down on Sunday in protest against what he saw as interference in his work by the prime minister and Parliament, a lawmaker said.

The ministry has come under increasing pressure to deal with violence that has persisted since the 2011 war that toppled Muammar Qaddafi. The oil-producing state is still awash with weapons and militias who have clashed with security forces.

Al-Sharif Al-Wafi, a member of the Libyan General National Congress, told Reuters Sheikh had submitted his resignation to the cabinet.

“He said that he didn’t have any understanding with the prime minister and that he didn’t have enough mandate to carry out his work,” Wafi said.