Political analysts who preferred to remain unanimous told The Libya Observer that the Presidential Council may resort to declaring a state of emergency in the country and freezing the work of the House of Representatives (HoR) and the High Council of State (HCS) after their "deliberate failure" to pass enforceable election laws.

The analysts added that declaring a state of emergency and freezing the two chambers would be the next step if the council succeeded in overcoming the obstacles facing its decision to change the governor of the Central Bank of Libya, stressing that the council may seek assistance in this regard from the National Referendum Commission that it had previously established despite the House of Representatives' rejection of this step at the time.

Meanwhile, Bawabat Al-Wasat website cited a source from the Presidential Council as saying that the deadline for the House of Representatives and the High Council of State to agree on appointing a new governor and board of directors for the Central Bank expired, and the jurisdiction had been transferred to a broader dialogue under the supervision of the United Nations mission for the institutions emanating from the political agreement.

Regarding the possibility of the two chambers agreeing on the management of the Central Bank, the source explained: "We have overcome the matter with the issuance of the Security Council statement, and the reference is the roadmap in accordance with Article 4." 

Regarding the possibility of Al-Siddiq Al-Kabir resorting to the House of Representatives regarding membership in the new board of directors, the source said: “The Presidential Council has bypassed this for two reasons: the first is that Al-Kabir is not a governor to be dismissed from parliament, and the maximum legal period for any governor’s term, which is 10 years, has expired. 

"The second matter is that the political agreement and its amendments were included in the constitutional declaration, and repealed any law that contradicted it, so the jurisdiction was transferred to the two chambers under the Bouznika Agreement, and now for a broader dialogue due to the expiration of the sixty-day period." The source said.