The head of the National Unity Government in Libya, Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba, said that he would not accept power-sharing with other parties. On the other hand, the Prime Minister-designate of the Libyan House of Representatives, Fathi Bashagha, called for the removal of the sovereign institutions, led by the Oil Corporation, from the political conflict in the country.

Dabaiba accused "defeated and lost" parties of spreading rumors accusing him of interfering in power-sharing deals with other parties, describing these news as rumors and illusions that have no validity.

"We are with the civil state and true reconciliation, and I will not accept suspicious deals, and the Libyan government is ready to implement the elections as soon as the Electoral Commission announces that," he added.

Dabaiba stressed that the move to change the board of directors of the National Oil Corporation was necessary, because the corporation was under individual control, he said.

He said that the changes that took place in the leadership of the management of Libyan oil institutions were a solution to a problem that occurred, which is the suspension of oil exports.


oil export

For its part, the National Oil Corporation in Libya announced the readiness of the ports of Sidra, Brega, Ras Lanuf and Zueitina in the oil crescent region in the east of the country to export quantities of crude oil after lifting the state of "force majeure" on the country's oil ports and fields.

The corporation said that an oil tanker will arrive on July 20 at Zueitina port to load one million barrels of crude oil, while Brega port will receive another oil tanker to load 600,000 barrels of oil.

It stated that other oil tankers will arrive at the port of Sidra and Ras Lanuf to load other quantities of crude oil.

Farhat bin Qadara, who was announced by the Libyan National Unity Government in Tripoli last week as the new head of the National Oil Corporation, said that the Libyan government has the right to appoint the head and board of directors of the National Oil Corporation.

Ben Guedara, a former central bank governor, added that under his leadership, the corporation will seek to establish new relationships with international investors to facilitate the increase in energy production.

Since last April 17, the oil sector in Libya has witnessed a wave of closures of oil fields and ports by tribal groups in the south, center, southwest and east.

Libya is a crude oil producer and a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) with an average daily production of 1.4 million barrels under normal conditions.


military encounter

In Tripoli, Libyan sources stated that the Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Mohamed Al-Haddad, held a meeting with Abdel Razek Al-Nadori, Chief of Staff of Khalifa Haftar's forces, to discuss a number of issues, in the presence of a number of military leaders.

The Military Information Office of the Ministry of Defense of the Libyan Government of National Unity stated that the meeting discussed the continuation of the measures that began in order to unify the military institution, and the latest results of the work of the joint military committee in the cease-fire and the maintenance of peace and security.

The spokesman for the Government of National Unity, Muhammad Hammouda, said that the government's vision is clear on ways to end the Libyan crisis, by unifying the military institution, and holding parliamentary and presidential elections in accordance with the constitution.

Hammouda added that the meeting of the Joint Military Committee, which was held in Tripoli, is a regular meeting that did not come under the coordination of the Prime Minister, and he did not participate in it.

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The crisis of sovereign positions

In turn, the Prime Minister-designate of the Libyan House of Representatives, Fathi Bashagha, stressed the need for sovereign institutions to spare any form of political conflict, calling for maintaining impartiality and transparency in the management of oil wealth for the benefit of Libya.

This statement is considered the "first appearance" of Bashagha since Dabaiba changed the board of directors of the National Oil Corporation last week.

The change of the council resulted in an understanding with the sit-in in the oil fields and ports, and the lifting of "force majeure" on them, and the readiness for production and export after 3 months of the closure, which was behind Bashagha's supporters.

Meanwhile, the House of Representatives is preparing to hold an official session on sovereign positions (the location and date have not yet been announced), but the head of the Monitoring Bodies Follow-up Committee at the Libyan House of Representatives, Zayed Hadiya, clarified that the Supreme Council of State did not respond to the House of Representatives in the consultations of sovereign positions.

The selection of sovereign positions in Libya is one of the outstanding and thorny issues in the country, which constituted an obstacle to the restructuring of state institutions.

The dispute revolves around 7 positions, namely, the governor of the Central Bank, the head of the Audit Bureau, the head of the Administrative Control Authority, the head of the Anti-Corruption Authority, the head and members of the High Elections Commission, the president of the Supreme Court, and the position of the attorney general.