High State Council meets in Tripoli.
Pulbished on:
Tripoli, 20.12.2016 (Lana) The High State Council held Monday its
12th ordinary session in Tripoli.
Members of the HSC recited at the outset of the meeting al Fateh
Sura of the Holy Quran on the souls of the Fortified Structure
martyrs who offered their pure blood in the battle for the
liberation of Serte.
The meeting discussed the report submitted by the team assigned
on the political decision and approved it.
The HSC decided to communicate an urgent letter to the Presidency
Council of the GNA asking it to shoulder its responsibilities and
carry out its tasks as the Supreme Commander of the armed forces and
implement the items on the political accord due to extraordinary
situation undergone by the country.
The HSC also discussed the degree of Central Bank of Libya
commitment to London agreement concluded between the state financial
institutions and the presidency council to speed up implementation of
the financial arrangements enshrined in the political accord.
The HSC decided to conduct an assessment of the degree of
commitment by the Central Bank of Libya to implementing the agreement
and then take decisions that would ensure urgent solutions to the
economic situation of the country.
The HSC underlined its commitment to the political accord as the
only way to address the crisis and discuss the prospect of amending
the political accord to address any bottlenecks faced through the
mechanisms spelled out in the items of the accord, and which provide
for the need for an agreement of the HSC and the House of
Representatives to make any amendments to the text of the accord or
the Constitutional Declaration.
The HSC also agreed to accept the invitation to attend Ejkhara
third national reconciliation gathering and political dialogue under
the title practical steps to operationalize the political accord
between the House of Representatives and the HSC.
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