TRIPOLI — A key congressional committee has given Prime Minister Ali Zidan one week to find a solution to the current standoff over blockades of eastern oil ports, before sanctioning force to reopen them The refusal to reopen oil ports at Sidra, Ras Lanuf and Zueitina on Wednesday by Ibrahim Jadhran, head of the self-styled Political Bureau of Cyrenaica, has been political blow to the premier. Members of the Congressional Oil and Energy Committee have taken it upon themselves to set the ultimatum. Sulaiman Ghajam, a member of the committee, confirmed to the Libya Herald that Zidan had been given seven days to deal with the oil crisis. He added that if the deadline passes and force is used then Zidan will be questioned by the congress. — Libya Herald
