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Highlighting the accomplishments of the Libyan people in the past year, this New York Times editorial also addresses ongoing issues Libyans continue to face.  Nearly 65 percent of registered Libyan voters cast ballots to elect a 200 seat interim National Assembly.  With more than 3,000 potential candidates, unofficial results suggest that a coalition led by Mahmoud Jibril, the former interim prime minister, had won.  These preliminary results promise great hope for the Libyan people because Jibril, who shies away from being labeled secular or liberal, has shown intentions of being inclusive and offered to form a grand coalition with representation from all political parties.  Despite these developments, the Libyans face many obstacles in their future, and have many questions to resolve over taxation, oil revenues, public services, the role of Sharia law and how to manage disparate militias.