Libya: Supreme Council of State rejects oil deal and calls for investigation against Maitiq

Last update: Sunday 2 صفر 1442 هـ – September 20, 2020 KSA 20:36 – GMT 17:36
Publication date: Sunday 2 صفر 1442 هـ – September 20, 2020 KSA 20:16 – GMT 17:16

Source: Arabia.net – Monia Ghanmi

On Sunday, the Supreme Council of State affiliated with the Libyan Government of National Accord announced its rejection of the agreement to resume oil production and export, which was signed in Moscow between representatives of the National Army led by Army Commander Khalifa Haftar and the Vice President of the Presidency Council Ahmed Maitiq, calling it “violating the principles that govern the political agreement and the laws in force.” “.

Khaled Ammar Al-Mishri affirmed, in a statement addressed to the head and members of the Cabinet Council of the Government of National Accord, that “this procedure is an assault on the powers of the legitimate authorities stipulated in the political agreement (Parliament, Council of State and Council of Ministers) and an attack on the legal jurisdiction of the Central Bank of Libya. “

He added that closing the oil fields, printing currency without the authorization, forming an unknown public debt and attacking depositors’ funds in commercial banks are “crimes that the perpetrators must be punished and not tolerated.”

Al-Mashri called on the head of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord, Fayez Al-Sarraj, to open an investigation against the member of the Presidential Council, Ahmed Maitiq, and any other party related to the agreement.

On the other hand, the members of the Supreme Council of State agreed to support the ongoing dialogue sessions that were held between the parties to the conflict in Morocco and Montreux, Switzerland.

The Council clarified that the dialogue sessions are divided into 3 routes, the first of which is the constitutional route through the holding of a referendum on the draft constitution, and the second is related to the amendment of the executive power through the amendment of the Presidential Council with a president, two deputies and a head of government separate from the Presidential Council, and the third way is related to the activation of article (15). From the Libyan Political Agreement on the agreement between the State and the House of Representatives on the change of name of the occupiers of sovereign positions.