2024-04-01 22:41:14
A statement attributed to 53 members of the Supreme Council of State denounced the provisional suspension of Oil Minister Mohamed Aoun from his work by the Administrative Control Authority without mentioning the reasons.
In a joint statement on Friday, the members expressed their astonishment at the speed of appointing someone to run the Ministry of Oil as an alternative to Aoun, noting their fear that the matter had been prepared and arranged in advance by the Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Dabaiba.
Members of the Supreme Council of State believed that Aoun’s removal was deliberate because of his opposition to controversial, suspicious deals and agreements, according to what was stated in the statement.
Council members considered that what they described as “the unprecedented complicity of oversight institutions with the government” is a dangerous matter that deprives these institutions of their assigned oversight role in combating administrative and financial corruption and evaluating the work of state institutions.
The members demanded that the minister be restored to his duties immediately, that the suspension decision by the Administrative Control Authority be withdrawn, and that appropriate legal measures be taken to restore the situation as it was before the decision.
Last Monday, the head of the Administrative Control Authority, Abdullah Qadirbuh, issued a decision to suspend the Minister of Oil for “reasons of investigation into legal violations,” and on Tuesday, Al-Dabaiba assigned the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Oil and Gas, Khalifa Abdel-Sadiq, to manage the ministry’s duties.
Source: Joint statement by members of the Supreme Council of State
2024-04-01 22:41:14