Al-Siddiq Al-Kabir submitted a report to the Attorney General (AG) Office regarding what he called “a group storming the headquarters of the Central Bank of Libya in Tripoli, accompanied by the committee formed by the Presidential Council."
Al-Kabir added in his report that the Central Bank is a public sovereign institution affiliated with the legislative authority, and that the Presidential Council’s decisions regarding the appointment of a governor and a board of directors for the Central Bank were issued by an unauthorized party. He pointed out that the Presidential Council’s decisions were invalidated by the House of Representatives’ decision regarding the appointment of the governor of the Central Bank of Libya, his deputy, and his board of directors.
He held the Presidential Council and those involved with it fully responsible for this act, saying that it poses a serious threat to the most important financial institution in the country and will have negative effects at home and abroad.
Meanwhile, Khalid Al-Mishri expressed his rejection of what he called the Presidential Council’s encroachment on the powers of the legislative bodies in the Central Bank case. Al-Mishri added in a statement published on the Facebook page of the media office of the High Council of State, that he rejected these decisions because they were issued by an unauthorized party, noting that local and international bodies should not deal with the assigned administration, considering it illegitimate and usurping power. The statement confirmed that Al-Mishri will take legal measures to preserve their rights in accordance with the political agreement and the constitutional declaration.
A member of the committee assigned by the Presidential Council for the handover procedures of the management of the Central Bank, Ali Ishtiwi, confirmed that the new Board of Directors of the Central Bank assumed its administrative duties in full and would begin its work from the bank's headquarters starting Sunday. Ishtiwi explained that the new governor of the Central Bank, Mohamed Al-Shukri, did not reject assuming his position, but he had reservations about the circumstances of the handover, noting that he would begin his work from the bank on Sunday.
