The Libyan Minister of Oil and Gas of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Mohamed Aoun, issued a decision, suspending the Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Mustafa Sanalla.
In two letters addressed to the Head of the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) and the Head of the NOC, Aoun attributed the reason for the suspension to the fact that Sanalla had undertaken a foreign work mission without his permission or approval. In addition, he said that Sanalla obstructed and prevented Jadallah Al-Awkali from carrying out his duties as assigned by the Minister of Oil and Gas on August 24th.
According to the letters, Aoun demanded that Sanalla be referred for investigation and that Al-Awkali continue to serve as the designated NOC Chairman.
However, Al-Awkali sent a letter to Aoun informing him that he was unable to take up his position, as Sanalla informed his office manager that he is continuing his work from outside the country.
This has resulted in Al-Awkali attempting to distance himself from the decision, to avoid disrupting the work of the NOC, amidst the ongoing confusion.