In his capacity as an envoy of the President of the Supreme Court, Abdullah Abu Rzeiza, Nouri Abdelati, took over the headquarters of the Supreme Judicial Council in implementation of a ruling issued by the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court. Following the takeover, the Supreme Judicial Council’s Facebook page, managed by Miftah Al-Qawi, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, issued a statement condemning what it described as a “storming” of the Council’s building in Tripoli. The Libyan Association of Members of Judicial Bodies welcomed the enforcement of the Constitutional Chamber’s ruling and the resulting takeover of the Council’s premises on Wednesday. The Association also called on members of judicial bodies to rally behind the Supreme Judicial Council under the leadership of the Supreme Court, considering this to reflect legal and constitutional legitimacy derived from a binding judicial ruling. It stressed that “the judicial institution is one unified entity; east, west, north, and south, indivisible and subject only to the rule of law.”

Source: Libya Observer February 18, 2026 19:19 UTC