Employees of Libya’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) held a demonstration in front of their Tripoli headquarters today in protest at the arrest of the entity’s head, Noaman Al-Sheikh, by the Military Prosecutor.
The protestors claim that the NACC is a civilian entity under the authority of the House of Representatives (HoR) and its staff are not arrestable by the Military Prosecutor.
They claimed that such a move will affect the NACC’s operations and effectiveness and called on parliament (HoR) to enforce its authority.
It will be reminded that the Director of the Military Prosecution Office in Tripoli, Ayoub Al-Ajili, ordered the arrest of the head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission, Noman Al-Sheikh. Al-Sheikh is charged with concealing a report issued by the Commission’s committee regarding financial abuse in the military medicine apparatus and the Ministry of Health of the Government of National Accord (GNA).
This came in a letter addressed to the Combating Organised Crime and Terrorism Organisation on Sunday.
The letter pointed out that this measure comes within the ongoing investigations of Case No. 79 of 2020, related to financial abuse in the military medical system.