House protests over blocked flight permits
LIBYA – The House of Representatives has accused Abdulhamid Dbeibah of issuing instructions preventing the issue of the flight permits needed to fly a number of its members to the cities of Zintan and Zuwara, describing this as obstruction of the work of the legislative authority and demanding that the instructions be withdrawn immediately and their legal basis explained.
This came in Statement No. 07 of 2026, issued by the House of Representatives in Benghazi on Saturday, 14 November 2026, on what it described as obstruction of the House’s work and of its session in Zintan.
Session due in Zintan on Monday, 16 November
The House said holding its sessions across the country, in the east, west and south, was part of its efforts to strengthen national unity, and that it had decided to hold its next official session in Zintan on Monday, 16 November.
It said it had been surprised on Saturday by what it attributed to Dbeibah: instructions not to grant the flight permits required to fly a number of members on a scheduled visit to Zintan and Zuwara. It described this as interference in the powers of the body authorised to issue the permits, aimed at obstructing the House’s work and preventing MPs from carrying out their parliamentary duties.
House says independence of the legislature undermined
The House of Representatives said the action it described undermined the independence of the legislative authority and obstructed the performance of its duties under the Constitutional Declaration, as well as hindering national efforts to strengthen unity, adding that dragging state bodies into political wrangling was a breach of the requirements of public responsibility.
It affirmed its right to hold sessions in accordance with its internal rules of procedure, and its members’ right to carry out their duties and to communicate directly with citizens in Zintan, Zuwara and other Libyan cities. It said that obstructing their access to the two cities limited, in its view, its ability to represent citizens and to hear the demands of residents and their representatives in various cities.
Demand to withdraw the instructions and complete flight procedures
The House of Representatives demanded that Abdulhamid Dbeibah withdraw the instructions immediately and explain their basis, and called on the competent authority to complete the procedures for issuing the flight permits in line with the applicable regulations.
The House concluded its statement by insisting on its right to take the necessary measures, in accordance with the law, to hold to account anyone proven responsible for obstructing its members in the performance of their duties.
