The head of the Libyan National Unity Government, Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba, confirms that there is no external interference in the decision to form a new council for the National Oil Corporation, which responded that it did not and will not recognize any “void decisions issued by illegal and expired bodies.”
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The Libyan National Oil Corporation says that its board of directors is the only legitimate one, and that it will not be subject to illegal dismissal procedures
The head of the Libyan National Unity Government, Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, confirmed today, Sunday, that there is no external interference in the decision to form a new council for the Libyan Oil Corporation.
Dabaiba said, “The decision to dismiss the previous board of directors of the NOC was not a political deal, but rather came by consensus among the parties throughout Libya.”
The new head of the National Oil Corporation, Farhat Ben Gudara, was Last Thursday, he received his duties He succeeded Mustafa Sanalla. Subsequently, Archyde.com reported that armed forces were deployed at the headquarters of the Libyan National Oil Corporation following its head, Mustafa Sanalla, rejected a government decision to dismiss him following the unity government in Tripoli issued a decree appointing Ibn Qadara.
National Oil Corporation: We did not and will not recognize any invalid decisions
For its part, the National Oil Corporation in Libya issued a statement indicating the continuation of its work and its failure to recognize the decision of the Government of National Unity to appoint a new Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Corporation, considering the process of handing over the tasks as “Unlawful intrusion into an economic institution by armed men.
“The National Oil Corporation confirms that it is continuing to perform its work in accordance with the provisions of the law, and that it has not and will not recognize any invalid decisions issued by illegal and expired bodies,” the corporation said in a statement, on its Facebook page.
The statement continued: “The National Oil Corporation adds that its board of directors is the only legitimate council, and that it has not and will not be subject to illegal dismissal procedures from an expired government in accordance with the political agreement that produced this government, and which set June 21, 2022 as the last day of its legitimacy on the ground.” .
He added, “What the government and its media platforms, funded by Libyan money, claimed were hand-over procedures, which are an illegal intrusion into the headquarters of an economic institution by armed and masked gunmen affiliated with the outgoing prime minister,” noting that “the institution is still occupied and surrounded by armed vehicles until The date of the statement.
It is noteworthy that the National Oil Corporation announced on Friday, Lifting the state of force majeure, and a comprehensive end to the closures In all Libyan fields and ports,” she added, “The Corporation will work, in continuous coordination with the Ministry of Oil and Gas, to reach the highest levels of normal production rates before the closure, and to return to the production of feed gas for energy production units.”
