TRIPOLI (LIBYA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – Libyan Presidential Council Chairman Mohamed Menfi has lashed out at the Government of National Unity, saying that a minister’s statement that the government has lost its legitimacy and has turned into a de facto authority raises a fundamental question about the government’s actual position.
According to a statement posted by Menfi on his X account, “when the Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs of the Government of National Unity admits that the government has lost its legitimacy and has turned into a de facto authority, the issue goes beyond a personal opinion, raising a fundamental question about his actual position within the government and the basis on which it exercises its powers.”
Menfi stressed that “it is unacceptable for an entity to derive its existence from a political reference and then reject it, nor is it acceptable for the unified executive authority to be reduced to one of its parts, or for the state to be run according to a logic of dominance and the imposition of a fait accompli.”
Menfi added that “the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity is required to clarify his official position, and we will refer the matter to the relevant national forces.”
He concluded by saying that “the current phase has reached a turning point in which the state cannot tolerate contradictory positions or ambiguity in commitments, and we will act according to our responsibilities when required by the interests of the country, keeping all national and institutional options open, since the mandate cannot be left in a vacuum and legitimacy is not created by a fait accompli.”
The statement reflects growing political tensions in Libya and the fragmentation among state institutions.
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(ITALPRESS)
