Mohamed Oun said this week he would temporarily stop working as Libya’s Oil Minister, seeking clarification from the prime minister about his job as the role has become volatile since Oun was removed amid an investigation in March and later reinstalled in May.
Oun wants Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the prime minister of the internationally-recognized Government of National Unity in Tripoli, to resolve the issue by either allowing him to perform his duties as oil minister or dismissing him in accordance with the applicable laws and legislation.
Oun issued a video statement in which he said that the prime minister assigned on Tuesday an oil and gas deputy minister “to continue running the oil and gas ministry until further notice, despite my actual presence at the Ministry.”
