The Libyan parliament unanimously votes to cancel the security and naval memoranda of understanding with Turkey

The Libyan Parliament (Parliament) held a session yesterday, in Benghazi, to discuss the Turkish parliament’s vote to send troops to Libya to help the reconciliation government. The Libyan "Gateway to the Center" website stated that the session ended with the cancellation of the security and maritime memoranda of understanding signed with the Ankara government.

According to the website, those present at the session voted unanimously, "to refer the President of the Presidential Council of the Al-Wefaq Government, Fayez al-Sarraj, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Interior of the Al-Wefaq Government, and everyone who contributed to signing the two agreements to the judiciary, on charges of high treason."

The Libyan "Gateway to the Center" quoted a spokesman for the parliament, Abdullah Bleihaq, as saying that the parliament "voted unanimously to cancel the security and military memoranda of understanding and to demarcate the maritime borders signed between the illegal government of reconciliation and the Turkish system." He added that the decision was decided according to the status of the two memoranda, "as if they were not."

The council’s decision at its emergency session included canceling all the memoranda that the Al-Wefaq government had signed or expected “unless approved by the legislative authority.”

According to the website, the session was chaired by the second deputy of the Speaker, Ahmid Houmah, in the presence of the Council's rapporteur, Sabah Al-Tarhouni, who described it as an "emergency".

Homa said that the attendees at the meeting canceled the ratification of the "political agreement", and demanded that the Security Council and the international community withdraw the recognition of the government of reconciliation. They also called for "the formation of a national unity government, or the amendment of the interim government to represent all spectra of the Libyan people, and its declaration as the only legitimate government in the country." , And asking the United Nations to recognize it. ” He added that "the council referred to its legislative committee a decision authorizing the General Command of the Libyan Armed Forces to suspend all ports, navy, and air that are under the control of the militias."

The session witnessed calls to cut Libyan relations with the government of Turkish President Recep Erdogan.

For his part, Talal al-Mihoub, head of the Defense and National Security Committee in the House of Representatives, demanded that the “ground and sea ports controlled by the militias be suspended, because they allow the entry of mercenaries, especially from Tunisia’s side,” and asked the General Command forces to implement this closure. He added, "There have been major security violations in the recent period, with the help of international parties seeking to exist in Libya in order to strengthen a certain party, which is political Islam."

In turn, Chairman of the Council's Foreign Affairs Committee, Yusuf Al-Aqouri, said that there are moves from those present to prepare a memorandum for the Security Council to "hold an emergency session to take a decisive position on the Turkish decision, because it aims to reject colonialism in all international conventions." He continued: «We will clarify in our memorandum the breaches of the Skhirat Agreement to withdraw legitimacy from the Al-Wefaq government, which no longer represents only narrow interests, and represents a threat to the entire region, with the proposal to return to the parliament as a legitimate representative.

He called on the League of Arab States to "activate the joint defense agreement, because this is a threat to joint Arab security and aggression targeting Arab countries." He added: "We welcome international condemnation of this Turkish intervention, and we count on the readiness of the armed forces to deter any invasion of our lands and support the interests of our country until stability returns To Libya ».

He pointed out that it is necessary to communicate the decisions reached by the House of Representatives to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Security Council, the Arab League and the European Union, then "forming a legal team to file a case before the International Court of Justice to reject the memorandum signed with Turkey."

The head of the African Union Commission, Musa Faki Muhammad, had expressed concern about a possible "interference" in Libya after Turkey's decision to deploy its forces in Libya.

The Chairman of the African Union Commission announced in a statement that he is "very concerned about the deteriorating situation in Libya and the continued suffering of the Libyan people."

"The various threats of political or military interference in the internal affairs of the country increase the risk of confrontation with motives that are not related to the fundamental interests of the Libyan people and their aspirations for freedom, peace, democracy and growth," the statement said.