HoR calls for convening of an official session in Benghazi on Tuesday
The House of Representatives (HoR) has called for the holding of an official session on Tuesday in Benghazi. The announcement said that the session will appoint a new Second Deputy Speaker, debate the Unified State Salaries bill and several other matters on its agenda. House of Representatives votes unanimously to appoint Aburezeza as head of Supreme Court (libyaherald.com)HoR calls for an official meeting tomorrow in Benghazi (libyaherald.com)HoR members prevented from flying from Tripoli to today’s Benghazi session (libyaherald.com)The HoR to hold official session on Monday to reappoint new head of the Supreme Court (libyaherald.com)
Source:Libya Today
September 25, 2022 22:13 UTC
Administrative Control Authority indicts 554 individuals of appropriating public funds
The Head of the Administrative Control Authority, Sulaiman Al-Shanti, announced on Sunday the investigation into 204 cases related to public funds, and the indictment of 554 individuals in violations that took place in 2021 and before, explaining that the number of cases registered during the period from January 1 to December 1, 2021 amounted to 216. Al-Shanti also remarked that 47 individuals were referred to the relevant disciplinary councils in 14 cases, except for 27 cases that were closed, and 6 cases that were not dealt with administratively, pointing out that the total number of 120 case files were investigated in the offices of the authority. Al-Shanti also referred to the failure to preserve the public funds, forgery in official documents, the use of public funds for purposes outside their intended purposes, the use of forged memberships, embezzlement of public funds, and abuse of job powers, in addition to negligence in performing job duties, and erroneous behavior that resulted in the unlawful spending of public funds. He further explained that the delay in the 2021 report was due to technical issues, but the authority referred a copy of the report to the legislative authority last August for opinion. The report comes less than a week after the issuance of the Audit Bureau annual report, including important observations and recommendations about the entities subject to its control.
Source:Libya Observer
September 25, 2022 21:11 UTC
PC President meets AU Chaiman in New York
The President of the Libyan Presidential Council (PC), Mohamed al-Menfi, met Saturday with the Chairman of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly’s 77th session in New York. The meeting dealt with the permanent support of the African Union Commission to achieve the reconciliation project led by the Presidential Council to reach stability in Libya. Al-Menfi stressed Libya’s pioneering and historical role in establishing the African Union, praising the efforts of the Chairman of the African Union Commission and his keenness to support the political track by raising the Libyan file at all African summits.
Source:Libya Today
September 25, 2022 16:10 UTC
Bashagha’s government authorizes anti-corruption protest in Benghazi next Friday
The government of Fathi Bashagha, designated by the House of Representatives, has authorized permit for an anti-corruption protest in Benghazi next Friday, September 30. This comes in light of the public release of an audit report by Libyan Audit Bureau, which documents misuse of public funds by the Tripoli-based government led by Bashagha’s rival Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in 2021. Dbeibeh’s government had refused to give permit to a similar protest, which was scheduled to take place in Tripoli last Friday.
Source:Libya Today
September 25, 2022 11:00 UTC
God, family, fatherland: will Italy go black today?
But Meloni’s victory does spell an important landmark in the long march of the Italian right-wing towards political respectability. This includes Italy and Meloni’s party.”Moreover, surveys show that the Italian people, like the Maltese, realise the huge added value of European cooperation. One of the major concerns is that hard right government in Italy would trigger migration standoffs which soured relations with Italy whenever the far right was in government. For Sammut, Meloni personifies European resentment towards the failures of the left and its disconnection from the masses. “Her blunt opposition to political correctness coloured her profile as nemesis of the political establishment,” Sammut notes.
Source:Libya Today
September 25, 2022 06:55 UTC
Political battle in Libya reaches Supreme Court
What we are seeing effectively is the Supreme Court becoming completely politicized and completely becoming part of the conflict,” said Jalel Harchaoui, associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute and leading expert on Libya. He told Al-Monitor, “Now you have effectively a Supreme Court president recognized by Tripoli and another one who just got designated by Saleh.”The Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in Libya’s four-tier court system, and as such acts as the court of last appeal in legal matters, according to a report on the Libyan legal system published by New York University. The Supreme Court is composed of several chambers and, most importantly, has jurisdiction as a constitutional court. Reacting to the parliament’s move, the CDA declared in April that the chamber’s decision was not constitutional, and called on the Supreme Court to reactivate its constitutional circuit to examine it. Redoubling its bid, the parliament ordered in early September that the Supreme Court should begin sitting in the eastern city of al-Bayda instead of Tripoli.
Source:Libya Today
September 25, 2022 06:50 UTC
NIS Rescues Mother of Six, Two Girls on Way to Libya – THISDAYLIVE
Ismail Adebayo in Birnin KebbiThe Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kebbi State Command, have rescued a mother of six children and two teenage girls during a border patrol base in Yauri, Kebbi State. The command disclosed that the 35-year-old mother was identified as Adedoyin Awoyele while two other teenage girls as Khadijat Babalola and Risikat Ganiyu. According to the comptroller, the three victims of human trafficking were coming from Lagos and Oluyole area of Ibadan in Oyo State. They were arranged for Libya by human traffickers through Sokoto, but were intercepted on their way at the Kebbi border patrol base in Yauri. “We are not doing this on our own but to protect the victims of human trafficking.
Source:Libya Today
September 25, 2022 05:51 UTC
America and (4) European countries support new UN representative in Libya
The United States and four European countries pledged their support to the new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya, Abdullah Batili, in his mission to bring security and political stability to Libya. The United States of America, together with Germany, the UK, France and Italy today – in a joint statement released by the Libyan News Agency – reaffirmed the support of the United Nations to ensure free, fair and inclusive presidential and parliamentary elections in all parts of Libya as soon as possible and laying the constitutional foundation countries. On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, officials of the five countries discussed the importance of realizing Libya’s aspirations and achieving security and stability in the formation of a single authorized executive body to prepare for the elections.
Source:Libya Today
September 25, 2022 02:55 UTC
Increased oil production is a necessity just to meet local demand: Oil Minister Aoun
At a Tripoli press conference today promoting the Libya Oil, Gas and Renewable Energy Fair (28 to 30 November 2022), Oil and Gas Minister Mohamed Aoun said the fair is to encourage international companies to return to or enter the Libyan oil sector. Aoun complimented the Oil and Gas Ministry for its success in preserving oil revenues for the state and said its aim is to maintain current oil production while continuing exploration and development to increase production. However, he said the Libyan private sector must enter the industry with the sector’s existing high standards which are imposed by international partners. Having an oil ministry enables a global outlookMinister Aoun could not resist having an indirect dig at his nemesis Mustafa Sanalla when he pointed out that only by having an oil ministry could Libya take a sovereign outlook on policies in the oil and energy sector. Without mentioning him by name, the implication was that Sanalla was too narrow in his outlook for Libya’s oil sector.
Source:Libya Today
September 24, 2022 20:43 UTC
Libya — no new momentum in stalled aspirations
Libya — no new momentum in stalled aspirationsHafed Al-GhwellPeople shop at a market in Libya's capital Tripoli. It might be premature to predict how the tenure of the new UN envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, will play out but so far the signs are not promising. It might be premature to predict how Bathily’s tenure will play out but so far the signs are not promising. This Washington-backed plan would have oil revenues temporarily held in the National Oil Corporation’s accounts at a Libyan offshore banking institution wholly owned by the country’s central bank. The lack of specificity and the repeated rebuffing of calls to utilize this leverage to resolve Libya’s political and military impasse suggests that this arrangement is borne out of the typical self-interest governing external interventions in Libya.
Source:Libya Today
September 24, 2022 19:22 UTC
Calling for elections, US ambassador says Dabaiba and Bashagha cannot run Libya’s affairs
US ambassador and envoy to Libya, Richard Norland, said that the two prime ministers in Libya cannot run the country, referring to Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba and Fathi Bashagha. In his statements to Sky News Arabia, Friday, Norland made it clear that resolving the Libyan crisis requires a general agreement on a fully legitimate government that has strength and trust to manage the affairs of all Libyans, and this will only happen through elections. Norland stressed the need to overcome the current state of mistrust in Libya and move as quickly as possible towards holding elections, adding that Libyans alone are the ones who decide the future of their country, but the lack of trust between the Libyan parties and some regional parties is fueling the conflict. The US ambassador said that there are security and economic interests at stake, so solving such deep problems will not be easy.
Source:Libya Today
September 24, 2022 16:38 UTC
US State Department reiterates need to move toward elections without delay
US State Department Counselor Derek Chollet has stressed the need for Libyan leaders to work towards a framework for elections without delay. "Members of the P3+2 met in New York today, and we all agree on the need to support the head of UNSMILibya, Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, to restore momentum to Libya’s political process," the US diplomat tweeted on Friday. In a video recording, Norland said they noticed great interest and new ideas during the ongoing meetings on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly's gathering in New York. "The United States is working closely with partners in the diplomatic community, and with Libyan visitors... to try to restore momentum to the Libyan electoral process," Norland said. He said all actors are aware of the importance of moving quickly to reach the elections in light of the current violence in Libya.
Source:Libya Today
September 24, 2022 12:58 UTC
UN Headquarters in Libya… when dictator Gaddafi tore the Charter in the United Nations itself, gave 90 minutes of speech
Gaddafi UNGA Speech Video: Gaddafi, waving a copy of the UN Charter, condemned the permanent membership of the Security Council. He said it encouraged treatment of other countries as “second-class citizens”.
Source:Libya Today
September 24, 2022 09:42 UTC
Western powers reaffirm support for new UN envoy to Libya in joint statement
The United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and France have jointly reaffirmed their support for the newly appointed U.N. Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily and for the U.N. mediation aimed at “producing a constitutional basis to enable free, fair, and inclusive presidential and parliamentary elections throughout Libya in the shortest possible time”. The joint statement was released in subsequence to a meeting on Libya held between “senior officials” representing the five western powers on September 22 on the margins of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. “The officials also discussed the importance of fulfilling Libyan aspirations for the transparent management of oil revenues and agreeing on a unified executive with a mandate focused on preparing for elections,” reads the statement. “Participants strongly rejected any use of violence and reiterated their support for full implementation of the October 23, 2020 ceasefire agreement.”
Source:Libya Today
September 24, 2022 09:24 UTC
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Source:Libya Today
September 23, 2022 21:01 UTC