Oil Minister Mohammed Oun issued a statement revealing developments in the rift with the Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in light of the presence of two ministers at the head of the oil and gas portfolio. Oun called on the Prime Minister to take a clear stance regarding the leadership crisis in the Ministry of Oil, either by correcting the situation, or issuing a decision to dismiss him from the position of Minister of Oil and Gas in the Government of National Unity. “The current situation, with the presence of a legitimate and illegitimate ministers for the sector, leads to extremely serious damage to Libya," Oun saidx giving the example of Schlumberger’s threat to leave the country. He noted the failure to abide by the Administrative Control Authority's decision addressed to the Prime Minister to implement the decision of his return to work as Minister of Oil and Gas. Details of the rift go back to March 26, 2024, when the Administrative Control Authority issued a decision to suspend Libyan Oil Minister Oun due to what it described as “committing legal violations that harmed the public interest of the state.”Hours after the decision to suspend Oun - who denied committing any violations - the Prime Minister decided to assign the Deputy Minister of Oil and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Oil Corporation, Khalifa Abdul Sadiq, to ​​manage the work of the Ministry of Oil.

Source: Libya Observer June 29, 2024 03:12 UTC