Today, Sunday, May 22nd, the Minister of Economy and Trade in the Government of National Unity, Mohamed Al-Huwaij issued Resolution No. 494 of 2022 regarding the adoption of a code of conduct for companies.
This code is based on a set of rules and values, including respect for laws, transparency, integrity, internal control, fighting corruption, quality, proficiency, and social responsibility.
The training activities for the Libyan Ports and Maritime Transport Authority employees began today, Sunday, May 22nd, at the Ports Training Institute headquarters in Alexandria,
The training course will last for two weeks and include two simultaneous courses, the first for maritime accident investigation and the second for port control.
The Libyan Public Prosecutor instructed the Undersecretary of Public Prosecution in his office to investigate the incidents of the seizure of a financial sum of 29,265,335,000 dinars from the general account of the cheques certified by the Tripoli Central Hospital Agency of the National Commercial Bank.
The Public Prosecutor revealed that these investigations had resulted in one of the employees of the current accounts department at the agency having committed the act of seizure, transferring criminal proceeds to fourteen accounts run by his relatives and people he knows, and then transferring them from these accounts to other accounts, with the help of the agency director, who revealed to the original actor his digital authority that gave him access to the agency’s database and make transfers.
The investigations also revealed that the behavior of the first accused passed through the three stages of money laundering: deposit, camouflage, and merger by using criminal proceeds to purchase foreign currency using cheques, then sell it to liquidate the amounts and buy real estate inside and outside the city of Tripoli.
The investigation concluded that both defendants confessed to what was attributed to them after arresting, bringing the first accused, and obtaining contracts for those purchased real estate. The Public Prosecutor ordered the pretrial detention of the two accused and maintaining these properties.
The head of the Planning and Finance Committee in the House of Representatives, Omar Tantush, confirmed today, Friday, in an exclusive statement to our source, that the committee received all the observations of members of the House of Representatives on the budget proposed by the Libyan government headed by Fathi Bashagha.
Tantush had earlier addressed members of the House of Representatives to send their comments on the proposed budget for the year 2022, which is estimated at 94.8 billion dinars.
The Libyan Prime Minister-designate by the House of Representatives, Fathi Bashagha, discussed today, Thursday, through a phone call with the British Ambassador to Libya, Caroline Harndell, the military escalation carried out by armed groups affiliated with the Government of National Unity, in addition to talking about the support of some financial institutions for military operations in Tripoli.
Bashagha affirmed his and his government’s commitment to the principle of preserving the ceasefire agreement and the safety of civilians, and the international community must play its part in the direction of these actions. He stressed the need to take strict measures regarding the support of some financial institutions for military operations in Tripoli.
The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Tripoli, Seddiq Al-Kabeer and his accompanying team held a meeting today, Thursday, in Tunis, with US Ambassador Richard Norland and his accompanying team, with the participation of Eric Meyer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury via video link.
During the meeting, the details of the disclosure and transparency program were discussed, and they also touched on the results of the meeting, which was held yesterday at the bank’s headquarters, in the presence of all relevant state institutions, which dealt with unifying the efforts of all concerned state institutions to reach the highest levels of transparency.
An official source at the Central Bank of Libya denied today, Thursday, in an exclusive statement to our source, that the British Central Bank had frozen 3 billion pounds of assets of the Central Bank.
It’s noteworthy that a number of social media pages, newspapers and local channels had circulated the British Central Bank freezing 3 billion pounds of the assets of the Central Bank of Libya in Britain.
Today, Thursday, the President of the Audit Bureau Khaled Shakshak held a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Health, the Minister of Finance, the directors of the relevant departments and the International Medical Center in the Arab Republic of Egypt, in order to complete the measures taken to treat patients with spinal muscular atrophy and to discuss the difficulties and problems that led to delays in the implementation of the agreement concluded in particular. .
The meeting focused on the procedures related to the cases that have been evaluated and accepted for treatment at the center, while the meeting concluded that immediate treatment for emergency cases will start at the beginning of next week, with the required amount for these cases being transferred directly to the center. As for the rest of the cases, it was agreed to open a documentary credit to implement the agreement concluded with the aforementioned center.
It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Health has signed this agreement with the International Medical Center of the Egyptian government, in the form of a twinning program that includes case treatment, training and knowledge transfer with the aim of localizing treatment and following-up cases in Libya.
The Head of the Presidential Council Mohamed Al-Manfi, the Head of the Government of National Unity Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Seddik Al-Kabeer, with a number of officials and heads of regulatory bodies discussed the financial situation of the state in light of the current economic situation.
The meeting included the Chairman of the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives, Omar Tantoush, the Minister of Finance in the Government of National Unity, Khaled Al-Mabrouk, the Chairman of the Administrative Control Authority, Suleiman Al-Shanti, and the Head of the Audit Bureau, Khaled Shakshak, in which they discussed achieving the highest levels of transparency and disclosure with regard to revenues, spending, and consultation between the State institutions in this aspect.
The meeting also discussed the progress made in the path of unifying the Central Bank and the efforts made in this direction, discussing the financial conditions of the state in light of the current economic situation, the role of banks in reviving economic activity, alleviating burdens on citizens, launching and supporting value-added projects and activities in the Libyan economy to support the public and private sectors.
The Office of Public Relations for the Protection of Diplomatic Missions announced that one of the personnel working in the diplomatic security was hit by a live bullet and shrapnel to the body while performing his duty and guarding the Italian embassy building on Al-Shat road near the area of the clashes that erupted this morning.
The office stated in its statement that a surgery was performed for their injured colleague, and these clashes come against the backdrop of the arrival of the Prime Minister-designate from Parliament, Fathi Bashagha, to the capital, Tripoli, today morning to take over his duties, and the refusal of the forces affiliated with the Dbeibeh government to this step.