“We are not supposed to lift the oil blockade, keep it that way, let things get worse,” a statement issued by the Head of the General Authority for Electricity and Renewable Energy of Libya’s Interim Government, Fakhri Al-Mismari.

This didn’t only provoke an angry response from the Libyan people, but it also made them wonder about Fakhri’s intervention in things that are none of his affair.

Nevertheless, the Libyan people considered his statement as an incitement to persist the oil blockade, bearing in mind that oil is the only source that feeds the Libyan people.”

The chairman of the Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC), Mustafa Sanalla, warned that the storage capacity of gas is about to run out, which will result in a halt in production operations within days and an increase in the hours of power outages in the eastern region due to the suspension of supply to power stations. However, Al-Mismari’s response was unexpected.

A source at the Libyan Audit Bureau told Sada economic newspaper that the reason behind Al-Mismari’s visits to Madrid lies behind his friendship with the former Director General of Al-Hammra Company in Spain, Abdul Hakim Baayou.

According to the source, credits in an amount of £13 million was provided to Al-Hammra Company, in Spain, in 2019 by the General Authority for Electricity in the eastern region.

As illustrated in the table, several contracts have been signed in favor of Al-Hammra Company, in Spain: