Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Ali Al-Hebri, said during his interview on the Flusna program with journalist Ahmed Sanussi that he no longer expands the public debt and is very cautious in spending in the eastern region, to the extent that he was described by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, as ‘stingy.’
Al-Hebri explained that during his tenure, he spent 71 billion dinars on the first door, which included salaries. He also mentioned that 100 million was allocated to the government of ‘Abdullah Al-Thinni’ and another 100 million for the armed forces. The expenditure was equivalent to the budget deficit that ‘Al-Kabeer’ did not spend in the western region.
He added that if we assume that oil revenues are 15 billion, it would be spent by ‘Al-Kabeer’ in Tripoli, while he, in the eastern region, would spend the deficit in the budget related to the same 15 billion. Thus, if the spending is collected, it equals the budget’s expenses.”