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Egypt
Pharaohs’ Golden Parade is magnificent and fascinating,
while it holds many questions concerning its goals:
In an event which was watched by the whole world and in a glorious parade, 22 royal pharaonic mummies were moved on Saturday evening from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir square in central Cairo to the “National Museum of Egyptian Civilization” in Fustat, south of the capital.
At around 20:30, Pharoahs’ Golden Parade reached its new headquarters in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. Mummies were accompanied by 60 motorcycles, 150 horses and a musical band from the Ministry of Defense, according to authorities. It is noteworthy that for two days before the Parade, security operations were held which included the closure of Tahrir square and full closure of the Parade’s way on its day, starting from Tahrir square then the direction of pharaonic floats (mummy mobiles) to Simón Bolívar, then towards the Nile Corniche in El-Sayeda Zainab and Old Cairo neighborhoods. Then the Parade continues its way to Cairo Citadel Aqueduct and continues alongside the Nile till reaching the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat.
During the royal trip which lasted about 45 minutes, all roads which were near the Parade in Cairo, were empty of passer-by and cars.
The show was live on the Egyptian Television and via Twitter. #Pharoas’_Golden_Parade hashtag tops searches globally on social networks. Artillery has fired 21 shots, saluting kings before being received by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi The Parade has included 22 pharaonic mummies, including the mummies of 18 kings and 4 queens which the most notable of them were Ramses II and Hatshepsut. The Parade which fascinated all who watched it, wasn’t without voices of objections due to its high cost during current economic crisis, as well as political reasons that are being used to highlight the current authority .
Egyptian and Sudanese regimes follow the approach of reason
and wisdom before tending to military choice in light of the continuing Ethupian intransigence:
Ambassador Ahmed Hafes, Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has said that negotiations’ round held in Kinshasa concerning the Renaissance Dam during the 4th and 5th of April of 2021, didn’t achieve any progress nor did it lead to an agreement on relaunching negotiations.
Ethiopia has rejected the Sudanese proposal which was approved by Egypt concerning the formation of an international quartet led by Democratic Republic of the Congo which heads African Union in order to mediate among the three countries. In addition, Ethiopia has refused during the meeting all proposals and other alternatives proposed by Egypt and supported by Sudan in order to develop the negotiative operation to enable countries and parties which participate in negotiations as observers, to join effectively in talks, participate in conducting negotiations and propose solutions to controversial legal and technical issues.
Moreover, Ethiopia has rejected Egyptian proposals submitted during the closing session of the ministerial meeting and supported by Sudan in order to resume negotiation under the leadership of Congolese President and with participation of observers based on the current negotiating mechanism. That clearly demonstrates flexibility and responsibility of Egypt and Sudan and confirms their serious desire in reaching an agreement concerning the Renaissance Dam. However, Ethiopia has rejected that proposal which has led to the meeting’s failure in reaching a consensus concerning relaunching negotiations. Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has mentioned that this situation reveals again the absence of Ethiopian political will for a bona fide negotiation while seeking procrastination through being satisfied with a formal and useless negotiation mechanism, which is an unfortunate approach that the Egyptian negotiator is well aware of.
On the other hand, Egyptian Armed Forces has declared launching the activities of the joint air training with Sudan named “Nile Eagles 2” Military maneuvers in “Merowe” air base in Northern Sudan with the participation of Egyptian and Sudanese Armed Forces. The Egyptian Armed Forces announced in a statement that maneuvers have included a number of intensive training activities which started their first rounds by the procedures of instructions and the method of organizing cooperation in order to unify concepts and refine skills to manage joint air operations in high efficiency[.
Finally the acquittal of Downtown Grievances case:
After 7 years, the Court of Cassation has ruled the acquittal of 128 persons from a total number of 227 persons in a case known in the Media as “Downtown Grievances”. The case is listed under No. 291 of 2014 Misdemeanor Abdeen, No. 12096 of 2014 Abdeen Felonies and No. 1561 of 2014 Public Prosecution Central Cairo. The case dates back to the events of commemorating the third anniversary of January revolution in front of Press Syndicate and the surrounding of DownTown where participants were arrested and referred to Public Prosecution then to trial .
New developments in the Fairmont rape girl case:
On Monday, April 5, Public Prosecution has ordered the referral of accused persons Sherif El Komy, Youssef Korrah and Amir Zayed to the competent criminal court in order to punish them for commiting a crime of of sexual intercourse with a female without her consent in a tourist village on the northern coast during 2015.
Public Prosecution has established evidence against the accused persons through the testimony of the victim and other 6 witnesses, and what is proved through watching a video record for one part of the rape as 2 accused persons appeared while sexually assaulting the victim. The report of record examination issued by the General Administration for the Investigation of Criminal Evidence at the Ministry of Interior has proved biometric measurements of the victim and the imprisoned defendant which matched their measurements in their photos taken of them on the ground[1] The New Cairo Court, Circuit 24, headed by counselor Samy Zein El Din, has decided to renew imprisonment for four accused persons in Fairmont Case for 45 days pending investigation of Public Prosecution after accepting the appeal of Public Prosecution against the decision to release them.
Judiciary is under the service for the Police:
- The Court of Cassation headed by counselor Omar Shawda, has rejected the appeal of Public Prosecution on the Criminal Court’s ruling of acquittal of 6 officers and police secretaries of the charge of torturing a citizen till death and sexual molestation in order to force him of confessing hic crime of killing his grandma inside Al Haram Police Department .
- Political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah who is in a pretrial detention has confessed his statements before the Criminal Court about incidents of intimidations against him inside his imprisonment through one of National Security officer at Tora Maximum Security Prison 2 in Tora Prison Complex, in addition to the public prosecution's disclosure of his statements about the incidents of torture inside the prison that he reported earlier, according to a video published yesterday by the activist’s sister, Mona Seif.
Seif has said that her brother said detailed statements in the consideration session of renewing his pretrial detention pending case No. 1356 of 2019 before the third Circuit of the Criminal Court headed by counselor Mohamed Abdel Sattar. According to his sister, Alaa’s statement has revealed that one counselor from from the technical office of the Public Prosecutor moved to prison earlier during the last March in order to investigate in reports submitted by Alaa and his family on last March 9 and 25, against National Security officer, Walid Wael Ahmed Al Dahsham known inside the prison as Ahmed Fekry, accusing him of torturing one prisoner by using an electric shock.
Seif has cleared that the Prosecution has asked her brother to disclose the name of the victim but that was rejected by the political activist at the beginning. And under the Prosecution’s insistence and its promises to ensure serious and secret investigations, Abdel Fattah has pointed out that the name of the prisoner in a list presented by the Public Prosecution to him. Later, the administration of the prison has summoned the victim more than once, according to Abdel Fattah before the National Security officer accused of torture entered the ward where Abd al-Fattah and the victim are imprisoned in two separate cells, and he closed the small windows (glasses) in the cell doors, except for the one of Abd Abdel Fattah’s cell. Then unknown person started telling Alaa, saying “oh Alaa, i didn’t ask you to talk on behalf of me”[1].
Seif said on behalf of her brother that the owner of this voice kept repeating the same sentence, while Abdel Fattah tried to answer, saying that he didn’t speak in his name, but he reported a violation that he saw and heard by himself which represents a threat to his security and personal safety. With repeating the same sentence, Abdel Fattah has feeled that there is an intended manipulation to pressure him and the rest of prisoners in the Ward. Seif has explained that during her conversation with one officer of the Ministry of Interior, he told her the name of the victim which is considered a disclosure of secrets of ongoing investigation. On the last March 9 and 25, Abdel Fattah’s family has make 2 reports, including the statements of her son before the judge in the counseling room of the Cairo Criminal Court during the consideration of renewing his imprisonment on March 1 as he said that he heard fellow prisoners in Tora Maximum Security Prison 2, were subjected to torture by an electric shock by the National Security officer known as Ahmed Fekry.
Yesterday, the Third Terrorist Circuit of Cairo Criminal Court renewed the imprisonment of: Lawyer Amr Imam, journalists Khaled Dawood and Ahmed Shaked, photo journalist Hossam El Sayyad and engineer Hasan Abdel Hamid for 45 days pending case No.
وليد وائل أحمد الدهشان (أحمد فكري) كان ضابط أمن دولة في فرع الجيزة قبل الثورة بنفس الاسم (أحمد فكري)، ثم انتقل إلى قطاع السجون بعد انقلاب ٢٠١٣، حيث يعمل منذ ٢٠١٤ في منطقة سجون طره https://t.co/t6vUCfrYge pic.twitter.com/hEAY8YmntS
— موسوعة الجلادين (@Piggipedia) March 17, 2021
Elections just in form for the mid-term renewal of the Journalists Syndicate Council and wholesale objections:
The committee overseeing the midterm elections for the Syndicate of Journalists :
The committee overseeing the midterm elections for the Syndicate of Journalists announced that Diaa Rashwan had won 1,956 votes and won the seat of president, and that the members had won: Ayman Abdel Maguied 1864 votes, Doaa Al Najjar 1078 votes, Mohamed Saad Abdel Hafeez 1045 votes, Mohamed Kharjeh 1338 votes, Ibrahim Abu Kailah 1277 votes and Hussein AlcZanati 1201 votes. The counting process was marred by many objections from the candidates,including what the candidate and former council member Khaled Al Balshi said on his Facebook page :
The annual US State Department report on the human rights situation
in Egypt which is Biden’s first round with the Sisi regime:
The US State Department issued its annual report on the human rights situation in Egypt for the year 2020, as part of its periodic report submitted to Congress on countries that receive aid from the United States of America. The report monitored a large number of violations, indicating that the government contributes to creating a climate of impunity.
The report monitored the various situations related to individual safety, respect for civil rights, freedom to participate in the political process, corruption, lack of transparency within government institutions, government performance with regard to international and human rights investigations into allegations of human rights violations, issues of discrimination, societal violence, human trafficking, and workers’ rights. The report dealt with the withdrawal of a number of candidates running for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the 2018 elections, indicating that they were subjected to political pressure, legal problems, as well as the existence of unfair competition, noting that some of them were arrested due to alleged violations of the nomination rules.
The report also quoted local and international human rights organizations their concern about the limited margin available to exercise the right to organize and assemble, which severely limits broad participation in the political process. While the report described the Egyptian authorities ’management of the House and Senate elections in a professional manner in accordance with local laws, it transferred Also, observers of the incidents of restrictions on the freedom of peaceful assembly, political organization and expression of opinion, which negatively affected the political climate surrounding the elections. The report also touched upon human rights problems, including extrajudicial killings by the government, its agents, or terrorist groups, enforced disappearances, torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, harsh and life-threatening prison conditions, arbitrary detention of political prisoners, and politically motivated reprisals. For individuals who are outside the country.
The report monitored what it described as severe restrictions on freedom of expression, the press and the Internet, including arresting journalists, blocking websites and exercising censorship, as well as interfering with the rights of peaceful assembly and organization, pointing to laws restricting the work of civil society organizations and restricting political participation. At the gender level, the report explained the violent targeting of the LGBT community, and the use of the law in the arbitrary legal and security prosecution of these individuals. The report also described the government’s steps towards holding those responsible for irregular human rights violations, stressing that in most cases the Egyptian government does not conduct a comprehensive investigation regarding allegations of violation Human rights, including most cases in which the police are accused, which contributes to the creation of a climate of impunity. The report dealt with attacks by terrorist organizations that resulted in the denial of the right to life, whether due to their attacks on civilian, governmental or security targets throughout the country, including places of worship. In addition,it pointed out the existence of incidents of sectarian communal violence against Egyptian Copts
Doctors pay the price in the face of the epidemiological situation:
- Dr. Alaa Eid, head of the preventive medicine sector at the Ministry of Health, has confirmed that the number of those vaccinated with the Corona vaccine has reached nearly 200,000 citizens, while about 800,000 citizens have registered to receive the vaccine, indicating that during the past two weeks the world is witnessing remarkable activity in injuries, and cases have reached Global 700,000 daily infections, compared to the average of 400,000 in the past months .
Tunisia
The Tunisian General Labor Union seeks to break the ice between
the three presidencies and end the crisis:
In an attempt to get out of the political crisis and solve its puzzles, Noureddine Taboubi has met Ghannouchi and they discussed the latest developments of the political crisis and ways to get out of it. In addition, they discussed the national dialogue and its management mechanisms, including parties that would participate in it, the proposed issues and ways to facilitate and hold it as soon as possible. As in light of the current political crisis and disruption of all ways of dialogue among the three presidencies, Secretary-General of the Union seeks solving this crisis among the three presidencies through holding individual meetings with each authority separately in order to reconcile them and bring points of view closter, especially accelerating as much as possible in holding a national dialogue.
The debate continues and the procrastination of the establishment of the Constitutional Court, as after a suspension of more than 6 years, the debate is still ongoing in this regard. However, before going into this controversy and political conflict, we do not fail to mention the concept of the Constitutional Court and the legal basis for its establishment. The Constitutional Court is a judicial body stipulated in Article 118 of the Constitution, consisting of 12 members, at least of which must be specialists in law, and they are appointed as follows:
Its tasks, including monitoring the constitutionality of constitutional amendment, the constitutionality of treaties and laws, as well as the internal system. The Constitutional Court can even exempt the President of the Republic by presenting a list presented by the Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People for a grave breach of the constitution and approved by the deputies. In addition, It may consider disputes between the President of the Republic and Prime Minister Head and assign jurisdiction to one of them.
In this context, the Assembly of the Representatives of the People intends to appoint on April 8th to select 3 members of the Constitutional Court. However, he did not take into account the possibility of returning the law to the Assembly of Representatives, which was done by the President of the Republic, as he sent this evening Saturday 3 April 2021 a letter to the Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People informing him through his response to the law on the Constitutional Court dated December 3, 2015. The president explained that he resorted to the right of answer guaranteed by the constitution to him with a set of legal arguments, the most important of which are those related to the constitutional deadlines stipulated in the fifth paragraph of Article No.148 of the 2014 constitution, in addition to other legal elements related to what Tunisia has witnessed since the constitution was drafted to this day .
The end of the national dialogue at the of Habib Bourguiba mausoleum, and Kais’s bids are continuing:
Several parties also blamed the President of the Republic’s speech during his visit to the tomb of the late leader Habib Bourguiba on the 21st anniversary of his death, as it is a speech which includes threat and menace in addition to carrying his usual reference to hidden parties and lobbies. It was also likely during this visit, and contrary to all expectations, that it does not intend to hold a national dialogue in the near future. He considered the parties to this dialogue as a group of lobbies and that he could not negotiate with them, which would deepen the current political crisis and throw the state into a dark tunnel.
The President of the Republic indicated that he does not bear the burden of not establishing the Constitutional Court within the deadlines stipulated by the constitution, and that interpretations to justify exceeding these deadlines are unacceptable because the constitutional text is clear and because the breach remains a breach no matter how long the time is and cannot be justified by a breach of the same.
Despite intensifying internal and external meetings, the seventh resignation of the Office of the Presidency of the Republic:
On the international level, the President of the Republic, Kais Saeied, received on Thursday April 1, 2021, Mr. Sabri Boukadoum, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Algeria, who informed him a verbal message from the Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
On the national level, the President of the Republic met with Mr. Mohamed Al-Nasser, former Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People, who assumed the duties of the President of the Republic before the 2019 elections, especially after the publication of his book “Two Republics and One Tunisia”, which deals with important historical milestones, including the issue of the attempted coup. Against the former president, Beji Caid Essebsi, a narrative that Tunisians were divided and disputed by a large group in exchange for a majority that supported it. Several persons interpreted this meeting as an approval from the President of the Republic to this information and that he supported what was mentioned in Mohamed El Nasser book.
However, despite the intensification of these visits at the national and international levels, it seems that at a time when the Prime Minister seeks to gather the largest number of supporters, the President of the Republic is losing the members of his office one after the other, as the resignation of Mr. Ismail Al-Badawi represented the seventh consecutive resignation at the Office of the Presidency of the Republic. This raises many questions at the political levelDo these resignations express an explicit abandonment of the President of the Republic, or are they carried out for purely professional reasons and not politically symbolic ?!
- Taboubi: There are no acquisitions for buying and selling in Tunisia, and we reject any dictates about reform
- A German grant of 25 million euros to support small enterprises in crisis
- A German grant of 25 million euros to support small enterprises in crisis
- The government and the labor union announce the beginning of major reforms and public institutions
- Présidence du Gouvernement Tunisien - رئاسة الحكومة التونسية
- Al-Meshishi discusses with a delegation from the Artists Syndicate the sector’s concerns and preparations for a conference to reform the national cultural system
Intensive governmental action, is it for developing the economic situation Or mobilizing more supporters for the prime minister ?!
Prime Minister Hicham El Mechichi signed a joint statement with the Tunisian General Labor Union on studying the status of public enterprises. The Secretary-General of the Union stated that the process of reforming public institutions will be launched in 7 institutions, the first of which is the Tunisian Airlines Corporation, the El Fouladh Company, the Tunisian Land Office, the Tunisian Shipping and Docking Company (STAM), the central pharmacy and other institutions. After signing this statement, Noureddine Taboubi expressed his rejection of any dictates regarding the reform of economic institutions, and confirmed that there are no acquisitions for buying and selling in Tunisia..
In the same context, a financial donation contract of 25 million euros was signed between Tunisia and Germany at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as part of the support for the Economic Institutions Promotion Fund to help them combat Corona pandemic crisis..
In the same context, government work this week focused on the economic issue, as Prime MinisterHicham Mechishi supervised on Thursday morning April 1, 2021 at the Government Palace in the Kasbah, the cabinet meeting that was devoted to considering a number of draft laws and government orders projects and also reviewed a statement on the health situation General, financial and economic situation of the country. The Council also approved a number of draft laws and government orders, most of them related to economic affairs, after they were amended according to the notes raised in the council’s deliberations .
In addition, Prime Minister supervised the second meeting of the House of Wisdom consultations on economic revitalization and investment promotion, in the presence of national organizations and a number of economic and social actors..
Prime Minister considered that the Tunisian economy is in need of practical and serious reforms, highlighting that the government believes unanimously at one table with various actors and parties to achieve an economic take-off and push for growth, within the framework of a consultative process and with a working methodology capable of convincing the investors and international donors..
Regarding the national dialogue, HiCham El Mechichi expressed that the features of this dialogue have not yet been clear, and that the government will inevitably remain.
In addition to the economic situation, Prime Minister Hicham Mechichi is seeking to solve the problems of other sectors and at the same time gathering as many parties as possible on his side. It is clear that he is pursuing a policy of “killing two birds with one stone”. In this context, on Thursday afternoon, on April 1, 2021, Prime Minister Hicham Mechichi has met Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council Youssef Bouzakher at the Government Palace in the Kasbah. , During this meeting Mechishi emphasized the role of the Supreme Judicial Council in building the rule of law and ensuring the independence of the judiciary from the rest of the authorities. For all political disputes..
Mechishi also discussed with a delegation from the Artists Syndicate the problems of the sector and confirmed his readiness to prepare a conference for the reform of the cultural system..
- Suspension of a new load of waste destined for Tunisia in the port of Salerno, Italy, due to its "dangerous aspects"
- Interior: the elimination of three terrorists in Kasserine, among them "Hamdi Dhoeb", a leader of the "Army of the Caliphate" terrorist organization
- Mount Salloum: The terrorist who was eliminated has an Asian nationality
Ennahda news causes confusion in the political arena:
On Wednesday evening, March 31, 2021, the Executive Office of the Ennahda Movement held its periodic meeting headed by Mr. Rached Ghannouchi, which was devoted to discussing political developments, social and economic conditions in the country, in addition to a number of internal party issues.. Controversy continues this week over the circulated news regarding Ghannouchi’s possession of a great fortune, as Al Anwar newspaper supported its claims and claimed that it has evidences and proofs of that, which is fueling the tension in the political scene.
Again with environmental and terrorist issues:
The environmental crisis is renewed today with the suspension of about 600 containers of waste destined for energy production destined for a Tunisian cement company by the Italian authorities in the port of “Salerno”, the same port that witnessed the transfer of containers of waste to Tunisia, after the detection of dangerous aspects and effects of these wastes.
In a follow-up to the infant killing case at Wassila Bourguiba Hospital, 3 suspects were charged with the accidental killing of the director of the obstetrics and infant medicine center, the director of maintenance and the head of the pharmacy department in the same center.
In another context, terrorist operations are renewed again this week, as the Ministry of Interior confirmed that it had managed to eliminate 3 terrorists in Jbel Mghila, including the leader of the terrorist organization “Soldiers of the Caliphate,” Hamdi Dhoeb following a pre-emptive operation with the Ministry of Defense. In addition, the security forces managed to eliminate two terrorist elements in Djebel Selloum on the 1st of April, and this operation targeted a woman with an Asian nationality and her husband..
“I Watch” is following-up the Judges’s grant and the case of Nabil Karoui:
In the context of its follow-up to the issue of the secret agreement signed between the government, the Tunisian Union of Judges, the Union of Administrative Judges and the Union of Judges of the Court of Auditors, which provides for granting an additional grant to judges exempt from taxes, the organization “I Watch” was able to obtain a copy of this agreement following its submission of a request for access to information to the Ministry of Justice ..
In following up on the latest developments of Nabil Karoui’s silver and after the latter requested his release in exchange for bail, the Criminal Department of the Court of Cassation issued on April 6, 2021, a decision to refuse in form based on Article 258 of the Code of Criminal Procedures, regarding the appeal filed by the head of the Qalb Party Tunisia, Nabil Karoui, against the indictment department’s decision to refuse to release him in exchange for a bail of 10 million dinars. The phases of the case refer to a complaint submitted by I Watch organization to the Public Prosecution of the Economic and Financial Judicial Sector in September 2016 against the two brothers, Nabil Karoui and Ghazi Karoui, the current MP as they are suspected of their involvement in crimes related to money laundering and laundering.
Health situation: Dangerous epidemiological indicators and an upcoming third wave:
The seriousness of the epidemiological situation increases with the increase in the number of cases and the depletion of the absorption capacity of the resuscitation’s beds on the one hand and the slow process of vaccination on the other hand.However, despite these negative indicators, Tunisia was able to sign an agreement with the World Bank at an estimated value of $ 100 million, on easy terms, for the benefit of acquiring the Covid-19 vaccination while strengthening the capacities of the Ministry of Health’s interests to carry out vaccination campaigns in the best condition In addition, on Thursday, the 1st of April, the second batch of vaccination arrived with the framework of Kovacs initiative.
In an effort to contain the spread of the virus, many decisions were taken this week, including the closure of a mosque in Zaghouan governorate. In its response to the statement of the “I Watch” organization about the presence of violations of the vaccination system “Evax” and the news circulating in this regard, the Ministry of Health issued on Thursday April 1 an explanatory statement to the public opinion in this regard, through which it announced that suspicions of some people receiving vaccination without respecting priority were investigated, which led to the identification of a number of violations within the vaccination centers The Ministry affirmed its endeavor to investigate and uncover these cases as soon as possible.
Libiya
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Last week witnessed an international movement aimed primarily at affirming the commitment of the international organization to provide all support to the authorities to organize the elections scheduled for late 2021, and this came during separate meetings held by the UN envoy to Libya Jan Kubis with officials in the country. He confirmed that the mission and the international community fully support holding elections on time, adding that this is the demand of Libyan people and what they deserve. The Head of the UN mission described the meeting of the legal committee as extremely important to move forward in preparing for these elections. In addition, he indicated that the constitutional framework for the Libyan elections must be ready by early July in order to hold national elections on December 24, 2021. He indicated that the newly achieved unity and the continuation of the House of Representatives carrying out its duties are very important elements in the way of fulfilling the constitutional responsibilities of Parliament, including creating the constitutional base for the elections, as well as the necessary electoral laws. The UN mission also issued a statement about the meeting of the legal committee emanating from the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, to discuss the necessary constitutional base for the elections. The mission confirmed that it facilitated a direct meeting of the legal committee emanating from the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in the capital ofTunisia between April 7 and 9, to complete the discussions on the constitutional basis that will pave the way for the holding of national elections.
On March 22, the Legal Committee held a meeting to accomplish the constitutional base for the elections, and confirmed in its conclusion that it had reached a long way in completing and drafting the constitutional base for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. On February 19, the Independent High National Authority for Elections referred the fate of the constitutional path to the Forum for Political Dialogue to decide in it after the expiration of the 60-day deadline set by the Libyan Constitutional Committee, for consensus between MPs and the so-called “Supreme Council of State” on the constitutional basis on which the elections will be held
The United States of America also affirmed its full support for Libya’s preparations for the December 2021 dues, and the American ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, discussed with Imad Al Sayeh, head of the Independent High Authority for Elections in Tunis, the latest developments regarding the ongoing planning for the national elections expected on December 24, 2021. In a statement to the United States Embassy in Libya, Ambassador Norland stressed the importance that the United States attaches to reaching an agreement on a viable constitutional base and the necessary presidential and parliamentary election laws by July 1, 2021, so the the National Independent High Authority for Elections can prepare appropriately for the December 2021 entitlements.
The Greek Prime Minister also arrived in the capital, Tripoli, to meet his counterpart Abdel Hamid Dabaiba. In order to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries, the Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the necessity for all mercenaries and foreign forces to leave Libya, and Mitsotakis said, and pledged to stand by Libya to achieve stability and hold elections away from foreign interference, and the Prime Minister of Greece explained that the main goal of his visit is Resuming the work of the embassy in Libya, stressing that after the opening of the Greek embassy in Tripoli, the consulate will be opened in Benghazi, and the Greek prime minister stressed the need for mercenaries and foreign forces to leave Libya as soon as possible, indicating the possibility of cooperation between Libya and Greece in demarcating the borders between the two countries.
For his part, the head of the national unity government, Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, stressed the importance of any agreement that preserves the rights of everyone, expressing his readiness to form joint committees with Greece to discuss the maritime borders between the two countries, open the Greek embassy in Libya, provide visas and open the health file, and we look forward to greater cooperation in the economic field and military training. Another context, the head of the Libyan Presidency Council, Muhammad Al Menfi, received the Greek Prime Minister at the Council’s headquarters in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. The meeting which was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Naglaa Al-Manqoush, discussed the historical relations between the two countries, and joint cooperation in various fields..
Regionally, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune stated that what is currently happening in Libya in terms of relative recovery in the political scene following the agreement on a transitional government that won the confidence of Parliament on March 10 is what Algeria called for, and that his country is ready to help Libya move forward towards organizing comprehensive elections at the end of this The Sunnis, and Tebboune indicated that Algeria had responded to the Libyan authorities ’request to intervene in order to repair defects at the level of electrical installations, adding that his country is also ready to provide assistance in the field of hospital maintenance and the provision of scholarships for the Libyans.
The High Commission for National Reconciliation Will it succeed
in managing the Libyan transitional justice file:
The President of the Presidential Council, Mohamed Al Menfi, during his meeting with a delegation of notables and wise men in Murzuq city, confirmed that he intends to form fact-finding committees in the Murzuq region in southwestern Libya to determine the situation there to consider possible and urgent solutions to the city’s conditions, with the aim of ending the suffering of the city and its residents from the deteriorating living conditions in it and the formation of fact-finding committees and finding the situation from the spot, to look into possible and urgent solutions to the situation in the city. A delegation of notable and wise men in Murzuq welcomed establishing the High Commission for National Reconciliation, stressing their full support for it, holding national constants and everything which contributes in enhancing security and stability in the country. Menfi announced the establishment of the High Commission for National Reconciliation, which will consist of a president and six members, stressing that it will be a monument for all Libyans, reparation and achieving justice among them in what is guaranteed by the law. Unity, tolerance, justice and human rights, and the healing of the social fabric among the components of Libyan society, and confirmed by the Presidential Council.
Haftar confirms his existence:
The commander of the “Libyan National Army ”, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar stressed that he wouldn’t allow “anyone to harm the Army or tamper with it”, indicating that the Army is still strong and has grown stronger and readiness. In addition, Haftar said in front of the meeting of officers: “The battle of honor and dignity will not end until we reach the restoration of the state’s prestige and secure its borders, military bases and territorial waters. You must always be prepared and vigilant to perform your duties with full force and on time”. Field Marshal said that” dignity battles in Benghazi, Derna, fields and Petroleum ports to the far west of Libya for Seven years are honored pages with rare pure blood which are rare in history. Haftar expressed his hope that the Interim Government of National Unity would work “with full force to expel the mercenaries, establish security arrangements and support the Libyan Arab Armed Forces and police agencies to assume their duties in support of security and stability, and law enforcement.” Against criminals wherever they are, let peace and security prevail throughout Libya, and he expressed regret over the “proliferation of armed groups and militias without deterrence by successive governments from 2011 until today,” pointing out in this context that “the armed forces are the safety valve for political, economic and social stability.” Countries are build by regular armed forces“.
A mysterious boat leads the UN Security Council to uncover more violations of the United Nations resolution regarding the provision
and transfer of military equipment to the parties to the Libyan conflict:
A new report by the UN Security Council revealed the accusation of a Maltese arms trader in the Libyan conflict. Where ships owned by him transported military contractors, mercenaries, to Libya. The trader named James Finish denied the accusations attributed to him, saying: He was not aware of the use of his ships in those activities, but investigations showed that he did not technically comply with the United Nations decision to ban the supply of weapons to Libya, and that Finish provided two boats to evacuate a team of private military contractors from Benghazi to the Maltese capital Valletta in 2019. He and four others are confronting criminal charges in Malta, related to circumventing European Union sanctions by supplying Libyan authorities with inflatable boats.
The Committee of Experts on Libya explained that it had monitored an operation called “Project Opus”, which included providing military support through an attack helicopter, another for reconnaissance, spying devices, and carrying out abductions and liquidations of high-value targets in Libya. Its members moved from Jordan and Valletta in June 2019. However, the report indicates that by the end of the month, it was decided to evacuate the team of 20 military personnel from Benghazi to Valletta due to disagreements over the aircraft purchased for operations, using boats owned by James Finish. The latter informed the United Nations that he had been told that the ships he provided would be used to evacuate oil and gas workers. UN experts have questioned this interpretation, given Finish’s known close ties to private military companies Taking care of his other business, and his knowledge of the individuals and organizations involved in the ship charter, the committee considers that this is unlikely to be a reliable explanation.
The story began when a mysterious boat was found registered in Malta in the port of Zueitina, about 150 kilometers south of Benghazi. The incident raised suspicions that it was used to infiltrate in and out of the country; This prompted the Libyan authorities to open an investigation. At that time, news reports reported incorrectly that the boat belonged to the Maltese armed forces, while some press circles speculated that it might have been used to transport special forces or intelligence teams to the region, and suspicions escalated when the ship was found registered to a Finish company. The arms trade provides military and tactical equipment to whoever pays the most, and the company once partnered with the most famous businessmen, who run mercenary businesses in the United States, Eric Prince. The report raised questions about whether Prince tried to take advantage of his ties to the administration of former President Donald Trump, in order to implement The planning process for the formation of a group aimed at pursuing and killing Libyan military leaders during the war in the capital, Tripoli, and the American newspaper the New York Times described the former president of Blackwater as an ally of Trump
Libya receives vaccination against Coronavirus in good conditions
and is preparing to launch vaccination campaigns:
The National Center for Disease Control published a photo of the Coronavirus vaccination card, which it prepared for distribution to those who wish to fill out their data. The Ministry of Health announced the arrival of a shipment of Spottec vaccine, amounting to 101 thousand and 250 doses, to the Ministry’s stores, and the vaccine was stored by the specialized storekeepers within the cold loop with a device. Medical supply, depending on the methods approved for storage by the World Health Organization, and hours ago, the center said that preparations are in full swing inside the National Center for Disease Control regarding the national campaign for vaccination against the emerging coronavirus, and the center said that, in cooperation with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) The Libya office and the World Health Organization have prepared all the equipment for the vaccine, which will be distributed to all centers in Libya, where the center has prepared the vaccination cards in an orderly and easy way, and the center pointed out that it has learned to prepare the instructions and awareness posters for all steps of taking the vaccine by the citizen, Facilitate the process so that it is organized, easy and simple, as well as preparing posters of the correct way to get rid of the waste that results from the process of taking the vaccine, and also preparing a map for the administration of the vaccination session. The Center mentioned that it headed distributing preparation to centers in the East of Libya as well as the south, wishing citizens to cooperate and accelerate in registering in the system
Last update : 08/04/2021 - 15:00
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