On 14 July, Jason Pack, founder of Libya-Analysis, was interviewed by Al-Jazeera English on the recent dismissal of the National Oil Corporation's (NOC) Chairman Mustafa Sanallah. Jason questioned the legal authority of the Government of National Unity (GNU) to replace the NOC Chairman as the GNU's mandate is expired -- noting however that until June the GNU would have had the authority as per the Skhirat Agreement to replace Sanallah without going through the complex Article 15 consensus-building mechanisms. For Jason, foreign powers are behind these machinations, and he noted that it is a major win for nations like Russia and the UAE:
The desire to replace Sanallah has been a longstanding desire of the Dabaiba camp in the West and the Haftar camp in the East. This is about personality politics and who can deliver favours to the UAE, Russia, and Saudi Arabia so as to stay in power...Sanallah has done miracles in the past to get the Libyan oil back online...it's not about the oil, it's not about the interests of the Libyan people. This is a win for Russia and the Emirates so as to have higher food prices and to deny oil and gas to members of the coalition like Italy who are wavering in their commitment to Ukraine.
Watch Jason's full interview below: