Category: Legal-Judicial

Tripoli-President of the Presidential Council, Mohammed Al Mnefi discussed with President of the Supreme Court Mohamed Al-Hafi the latest developments of the political situation in the country, and the way out of the current political crisis.

During the meeting, which was held on Monday afternoon, importance of keeping the judiciary away from political wrangling, and supporting the institution to carry out its duty was stressed, according to the Presidential Council Communication Office on his SMS page.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Tripoli- President of the Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi received, on Wednesday, the Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Libya, Stephanie Williams, to discuss developments of the political situation in Libya.

The meeting touched on discussing Williams’ initiative to form a committee from the House of Representatives and the High Council of the State, to set a constitutional basis for holding elections as soon as possible, in a way that contributes to finding consensual proposals to solve the Libyan crisis.

The Adviser to the Secretary-General praised the efforts of President al-Manfi to support stability in Libya, and his standing at the same distance from everyone, stressing that the mission aims, through its initiative, to establish stability and conduct the elections.

Source: Libya News Agency

Tripoli- Second Vice President of the High Council of State Omar Bousah met Thursday at the Council’s headquarters in Tripoli, the Dutch Ambassador to Libya, Quinrad Hendrick, and the Dutch Foreign Ministry delegation accompanying him.

During the meeting, which was attended by some members of the High Council of State, they discussed recent developments in Libyan political affairs and ways of cooperation between the two friendly countries at all political and economic levels.

Source: Libyan News Agency

the council of ministers issued decision NO(139) year of (2022) to allocate an amount of 2.5 billion dinars for the Ministry of Local Government to be distributed to the municipalities according to the targeted projects.

The first article of the decision stipulated the formation of a committee headed by Hussein Attia Al-Qutrani , to handle the distribution of the allocations to the municipalities.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Tripoli, Head of the Supreme Council of State, Khaled Al-Mashri, and Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlüt Çavusoglu, affirmed their keenness to hold elections in Libya as soon as possible according to sound legal and constitutional foundations.

This came during a meeting between them today, Monday, in Istanbul, Turkey, according to what was published by the Media Office of the Supreme Council of State on its official page on the “Facebook” website.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to enhance them at all levels, to serve the interests of the Libyan and Turkish peoples.

Al-Mashri, during his visit to Turkey today, was also reassured about the health of the Turkish President, Recep Erdogan, his wife and the Minister of Defense after they were infected with the Corona virus, as the Foreign Minister confirmed that they are in good health.

Source: Libyan News Agency

TRIPOLI, Nearly 900 illegal immigrants were rescued off the Libyan coast and returned to Libya in the past week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced.

From Jan 23 to 29, 872 migrants were rescued or intercepted at sea and returned to Libya, the IOM said in a statement, adding a total of 1,476 illegal immigrants were rescued and returned to Libya this year.

According to the IOM, 27 illegal immigrants have died and 55 gone missing off the Libyan coast on the Central Mediterranean route since the beginning of the year.

In 2021, a total of 32,425 illegal immigrants were rescued and returned to Libya, while 662 died and 891 others went missing off the Libyan coast on the Central Mediterranean route, IOM revealed.

Libya has been suffering insecurity and chaos since the fall of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The North African country has turned into a preferred point of departure for illegal immigrants who want to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European shores.

Source: Nam News Network