The Libyan Government of National Accord detained its Minister of the Interior, Fathi Pasha Agha, from work and referred him to an investigation.

The Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord in Libya announced on Friday that the Minister of the Interior, Fathi Ali Pasha Agha, has been suspended from work and transferred to an administrative investigation.

According to a statement published by the government on its Facebook account, the council decided after its meeting on Friday, “to suspend from work the Minister of the Interior, Commissioner Fathi Ali Pasha Agha, as a precaution, and to appear for administrative investigation before the Presidential Council. within a maximum period of 72 hours from the date of issuance of the decision “.

He continued: “The Minister of the Interior is being investigated about the permits and permits, and the necessary provision of the protesters, and the data issued by him about the demonstrations and the events resulting from them, which took place in Tripoli and some other cities during last week, and the violations committed against the protesters are investigated ”.

The decision also mentioned the assignment of the Undersecretary of the Interior Ministry, Brigadier General Khaled Ahmed Al-Tijani Mazen to execute the tasks of the ministry, and he has the right to exercise all the sovereign and administrative powers and responsibilities entrusted to the minister.

It also decided to entrust the joint force of the Joint Operations Room in the Western Region with the control of security in the capital, Tripoli, and to present its periodic reports to the President of the Presidential Council.

Pasha Agha’s dismissal follows a statement in which the Interior Ministry accused “armed groups affiliated with official bodies” of attacking the protesters on Wednesday night.

The ministry said in a statement on Thursday that it had followed up “on the incident of the attack on peaceful protesters, on Wednesday night, by an armed group, using their weapons and firing random bullets, using machine guns and cannons. , in addition to kidnapping some protesters and hiding them by force, and causing a state of panic among citizens. ” And the threat to security and public order ”, explaining that“ it monitored these armed groups and their dependencies and the official bodies responsible for them ”.

He added that he is willing to “protect unarmed civilians from the oppression of a group of mobs who do not represent the honorable heroes of Operation Volcano of Wrath, and do not respect the blood and honor of innocent peaceful protesters.”