"This institution belongs to all Libyans and not to you," he said in a live video address to Dbeibah. "The mandate of your government has expired," he said, emphasising the technical and apolitical nature of the oil firm.Sanalla has positioned himself as an interlocutor with foreign powers and oil firms. Sanalla accused the UAE of involvement in his sacking.Despite sitting on Africa's biggest proven oil reserves, war-battered Libya suffers chronic power outages and rising poverty. This has fuelled public anger that has piled pressure on both the Tripoli-based administration and its eastern rival.On Wednesday the NOC said it was lifting a force majeure at two eastern export terminals. They had been blockaded for three months by groups demanding Dbeibah's departure.
