Rescue Libya from 'pseudo-revolutionaries': PM

TRIPOLI (AFP) - Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdel Rahim al-Kib on Monday urged his nation's "silent majority" to protect the state against "pseudo-revolutionaries."

"There must be solidarity between the government and the people," Kib said in an interview broadcast by state media late Monday.

"It is up to the silent majority to protect the institutions of the state, to fight chaos, to say no to those who usurp state property and territory, to reject non-state institutions," he said.

Kib said he did not want "new blood to be spilled" in Libya but that it was up to the street to "fight against the chaos" taking place in the country.

Rights groups have repeatedly warned that out of control militias pose the greatest challenge to stability in the north African nation which is seeking to build state institutions from scratch after decades of dictatorship under Moamer Kadhafi.

The interview was aired as part of the programme "Meet the Minister."