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The Ministry of Finance denies that Minister Khaled Al-Mabrouk spent 100 million dinars in favor of the Joint Operations Force

The Ministry of Finance in the Government of National Unity denied the validity of the circulated paper attributed to Minister Khaled Al-Mabrouk regarding giving orders to the Director of the Budget Department in the Ministry to spend 100,000 dinars in favor of the Joint Operations Force based on the instructions of the Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.

In a statement on Monday evening, the Finance Ministry expressed its strong condemnation of what it considered a “fierce and suspicious campaign” targeting the Ministry and the Minister of Finance by circulating misleading news to public opinion to spread strife and chaos, stressing that everything stated in these papersis pure slander and false news.

Aqila Saleh asks the Attorney General, the Governor of the Central Bank and the heads of the regulatory bodies to not deal with the government of Dbeibeh

The Parliament Spokesman Abdullah Belhaq confirmed to our source that the Parliament Head Aqila Saleh addressed a letter to the Attorney General, the Governor of the Central Bank and the heads of the regulatory bodies on Monday, requesting to not  deal with the national unity government headed by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and to limit dealing with the Libyan government headed by Fathi Bashagha as the legitimate executive authority.

In his speech, Aqila Saleh demanded that all institutions, departments, interests, public and private companies, as well as diplomatic missions do not deal in any way or speak on behalf of the “outgoing” government of national unity, and also requested working to close and freeze all decisions records and books of incoming and outgoing government correspondences. 

The Speaker of the House of Representatives stressed the need to deal with the Libyan government alone, as it is the executive authority that has legitimacy in accordance with the decisions of Parliament, with the need to take the necessary measures against violators.

The Central Bank sets the official working hours for banks during the last week of Ramadan and the days of Eid Al-Fitr holiday

The Director of the Banking and Monetary Control Department at the Central Bank of Libya, Mukhtar Al-Taweel, issued a circular to the general managers of banks regarding setting the official working hours in banks during the last week of Ramadan and the days of Eid al-Fitr holiday.

According to the circular, the official working hours for employees in banks during the period from April 24 to 28 will be from 10 a.m until 4 p.m, and on Saturday, April 30, the working hours will be from 10 a.m until 2 p.m. As for citizens, the banks will be open half an hour after the start of work, at 10:30 a.m, and the closure will be half an hour before the end of work as well.

The circular of the Director of the Banking Supervision and Monetary Department at the Central Bank also stipulated that Eid al-Fitr holiday for bank employees would be from the second of next May, and that the return to work would be on the eighth of May.

Goods and materials added to the list of whose export and import are prohibited and restricted

The Minister of Economy and Trade, Muhammad Al-Huwaij, issued resolution N° 388 of 2022 regarding adding provisions to his resolution N° 359 of 2021 specifying lists of goods that are prohibited and restricted for export and import.

The decision referred in its first article to adding goods and materials to the lists of those who are prohibited from exporting, including tables of all types and sizes, solar panels of various sizes, industrial pipes (iron – carbon steel – aluminum – copper) and electrical cables of all kinds, valves and metal tubes of all kinds, and plates of aluminum, iron and stainless steel, electric poles and electrical transformers, gas cylinders for welding work, electricity generators of all kinds, electrical and electronic devices, measuring equipment and pumps of all kinds.

Adapted from the Ministry of Economy and Trade Official Facebook Page 

The Ministry of Finance transmits the exchange permissions for the scholarships for students studying abroad and the salaries of embassy and consulate employees

The head of the media team at the Ministry of Finance, Omar Bseisa, confirmed today, Monday, the transfer of exchange permissions for the scholarships for students studying abroad for the first quarter of the current year of 2022 for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd months.

Bseisa added that the Ministry of Finance has referred the allocations for Chapter Two to embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions abroad for the first quarter of the current year of 2022 for the months 1, 2 and 3.

It also referred the permissions to pay the salaries of the employees of embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions abroad for the month of February of 2022 to complete the exchange procedures followed.

Dbeibeh is on an official visit to Algeria to enhance cooperation between the two countries

The Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, pays today, Monday, an official visit to Algeria to discuss a number of common issues and enhance cooperation between the two countries.

Dbeibeh is accompanied during this visit by a number of ministers, the Chief of General Staff, and the heads of the General Intelligence and of Internal Security Services.

Dbeibeh instructs the need to develop an effective plan to support the private sector in the field of telecommunications

The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, met today, Sunday, with the Chairman of the Directors Board of the Libyan Post Telecommunications & Information Technology Company , Mohamed Ayad, in the presence of the heads of the management committees of the affiliated companies.

The meeting dealt with the discussion of technical and administrative notes by the company’s managers, where it gave instructions for the necessity of developing an effective plan to support the private sector in the field of telecommunications and to involve it in this field.

Dbeibeh stressed the need for competition to be open to all telecommunications companies, as well as ending the state of monopolization, and this has become a necessary reality, in addition to the need to develop the sector in all areas, including postal addressing, and to contribute with the Libyan people in supporting the elections technically and financially so that he can achieve its campaign. 

Al-Abed follows up the work of the Labor Inspection and Occupational Safety Department at the Ministry of Labor and Rehabilitation

The Minister of Labor and Rehabilitation of the National Unity Government Ali Al-Abed Al-Rida held a meeting with employees and heads of departments in the Department of Labor and Occupational Safety Inspection, in the presence of the Undersecretary for Employment Affairs Ali Al-Hadi Dhaou.

Al-Abed listened to the administration’s workflow mechanism and ways to solve the obstacles that stand in the way of their work. He also discussed ways to develop labor inspection models and form a committee for field visits. The meeting reviewed the steps taken with regard to the labor housing initiative, as well as the coordination mechanisms between the Wafed platform and the administration regarding use permissions.

Dbeibeh opens Al-Andalus neighborhood road after completion of maintenance and expansion works

The Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, this evening, opened Al-Andalus neighborhood road after completing maintenance and expansion works.

It is also mentioned that this is a road extending from Al-Andalus Gate to Razi Psychiatric Hospital, as part of the plan to return to life.

Faisal Qarqab: “The Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Dbeibeh, is the one who ordered the deterrence body to imprison me because I said no and refused blackmail”

The former head of the Libyan Post Telecommunications & Information Technology Company (LPTIC), Faisal Qarqab, accused the Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, of being the one who ordered the deterrence body to imprison him for 65 days without any charges and without referring it to the Public Prosecution.

In an exclusive interview with the media, Ahmed Sanussi, via Al-Wassat channel and our platform, Qarqab explained that the experience he went through was a very bitter experience, adding that he did not expect that an official in Libya would be exposed to the same thing he was exposed to, and that it is the worst period for Libya in its contemporary history.

The former head of LPTIC added that the deterrence body arrested him on the instructions of Dbeibeh and that he was not subjected to violence throughout his arrest, explaining that the reason for his arrest was because of his saying: “No, I refuse blackmail and bargains.”