The Supreme Council of State issued a statement announcing its “rejection of the Presidential Council’s decision to appoint a new governor for the Central Bank of Libya.”
The statement described the decision as “a worthless and unreliable measure, as it violates the provisions of the Constitutional Declaration, the Libyan Political Agreement, the political understandings between the House of Representatives and the State Council in Abu Zenika, and the resolutions of the UN Security Council.”
The Council confirmed “the continuation of the assignment of Al-Siddiq Al-Kabeer as governor of the bank, based on the provisions of Article 15 of the Libyan Political Agreement, which stipulates the necessity of the House of Representatives and the Supreme Council of State agreeing when choosing those who hold sovereign positions.”
The Council said: “The Presidential Council does not have the authority to appoint the Governor of the Central Bank, and the provisions of Article Two of the outcomes of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum stipulated that the Presidential Council’s powers are limited to appointing and dismissing those holding the positions of the head of the intelligence service, the head and members of the High Reconciliation Commission, and the rest of the heads of the agencies affiliated with the presidency of the state, in accordance with the applicable legislation.”
Statement of the Supreme Council of State regarding the Presidential Council’s encroachment on the powers of legislative bodies
Posted byMedia Office of the Supreme Council of StateIn Monday, August 19, 2024
Last update: August 19, 2024 – 14:53
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