The Libyan Supreme Judicial Council reiterated that the judicial authority should be fully autonomous as per the legislations organizing its work, excluding Article 15 of the Libyan Political Agreement.

The council issued this statement on Wednesday about the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Tunisia, referring to the previous statement about political dialogues that adopted quotas system for judiciary posts, saying it rejects such a system.

The council said it won’t sit idly by and watch the ongoing judicial power-sharing as per illegal criteria.

 For his part, the legal expert Taha Baara confirmed in a statement to Sada Economic Newspaper that he supports the Council’s statement

“The independence of the Libyan Supreme Judicial Council must be a pillar of any civilized political agreement. It should be completely excluded from any power-sharing agreement which is referred to in Article 15 of the Skhirat Agreement.” He said.