TRIPOLI — Asked about what action he was going to take against the strikers responsible for stopping Libyan oil production, Prime Minister Ali Zidan said that the Public Prosecutor had issued arrest warrants against the leaders of the disruption. “Actions will be announced soon and the state will play its role”. Zeidan refused to give any further details. If Prime Minister Zidan's comment, made at Wednesday's press conference, that the Public Prosecutor has indeed issued arrest warrants against the perpetrators of the armed oil strikes, it would be a major move forward by the Libyan state. Zidan did not reveal if and how the state was going to enforce such a warrant against armed strikers. With regards to oil production, Zidan admitted that “now production is very limited”. Cajoled by the media for an exact figure, he said it was “between 200,000 and 300,000 barrels per day”. “I talk daily to the GNC head Abu Sahmain several times,” he said indicating that he was acting in concert with the GNC. “We gave enough time for social contact and social communications and we were patient – a bitter patience – and we will give a little more time with the GNC which has set up a “crises committee”. — Libya Herald
