Libyan protesters escalated their anger, and closed 3 oil fields in the south and east of the country, until noon today (Friday), denouncing the kidnapping of Faraj Boumtari, Minister of Finance of the former “national reconciliation” government, amid a threat to cut off water to the city of Tripoli. In the meantime, the General Electricity Company was afraid of entering into a darkening process, and appealed to all parties for urgent intervention in order to avoid entering into a darkening process. The National Oil Corporation in Libya remained silent about the process of closing the three fields, and the executive authority in Tripoli did not comment on the fact that protesters from the Al-Zawiya tribe stopped pumping oil, in protest against the kidnapping of Boumtari, who belongs to it. Today in Tripoli I met with the French Ambassador to Libya, Mr. Mustafa Maharaj. We reviewed the current situation in the country and the next steps in the political process.
