HoR to Hold Next Session in Benghazi

Benghazi – November 14, 2026 – (LANA) – House of Representatives spokesperson Abdullah Bleihaq announced on Saturday that the House has decided to hold its upcoming session—scheduled for Monday, November 16—at the House’s headquarters in Benghazi, starting at 11:00 AM. The session will address the remaining items on the agenda, following circumstances that prevented it from being held in the city of Zintan.

Bleihaq explained that the failure to grant landing permits for the aircraft carrying the members of parliament in both Zintan and Zuwara made it impossible to convene the session as originally planned for Zintan this coming Monday.

The House of Representatives had previously accused the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, of obstructing the session that was slated to take place in Zintan. In a statement issued late Friday night, the House of Representatives declared: "We were surprised today by instructions from Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh to withhold the flight authorizations required for several members of the House to travel to the cities of Zintan and Zuwara."

The House asserted that these instructions constitute an encroachment upon the authority of the body mandated to issue such permits, aimed at obstructing the House’s operations and preventing its members from carrying out their parliamentary duties.

The House further stated that this action undermines the independence of the legislative branch, hinders the performance of its functions as mandated by the Constitutional Declaration, and impedes national efforts to foster unity. It added that involving state institutions in political squabbles is a departure from the requirements of public responsibility.

The House of Representatives reaffirmed its right to hold sessions in accordance with its internal regulations, as well as the right of its members to perform their duties and engage directly with citizens in Zintan, Zuwara, and other Libyan cities. It described the obstruction of the members' travel to these two cities as an infringement on the House’s ability to fulfill its representative mandate and to hear the demands of the local residents and their representatives across Libya.

The House concluded its statement by demanding that Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh immediately rescind these instructions and provide the legal basis for them. It also called on the relevant authority to proceed with the issuance of the necessary flight authorizations in accordance with established procedures. The House further affirmed its right to take the necessary measures—in accordance with the law—to hold accountable anyone found responsible for obstructing its members from performing their duties.

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