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To increase the production capacity of power plants, the Aziziyah valve was opened and Al-Karimiyah station was supplied with natural gas

The National Oil Corporation announced the opening of the LVS 5 valve on Tuesday, located in the Sidi Al-Sayeh area, and the supply of natural gas to the Krimiya reduction and metering station, which is responsible for supplying the southern Tripoli power station, through the coastal gas line that is fed from the main gas compressor station in Brega. 30 million cubic feet per day for the aforementioned station, and the total quantities of gas transported through the Western Gas Line amounted to 150 million cubic feet per day.

This was according to the instructions of the head of the Corporation, Ben Gdara, as part of the efforts exerted to increase the production capacity of the power plants, and work is being done to gradually increase these quantities to reach 200 million cubic feet of gas per day from the Brega station.

Farhat Ben Gdara praised the level of cooperation and coordination with major consumers, led by the General Electricity Company and the Iron and Steel Factory.

Dbeibeh follows with Shakshak government spending and support for the General Electricity company to stabilize the network, increase production, and confront the summer peak

During a meeting today, Tuesday, the Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh followed up with the President of the Audit Bureau Khaled Shakshak on government spending, ensuring transparency and fair distribution, activating the public tender for medicines and medical supplies, implementing the new school project, supporting the General Electricity Company, and providing the necessary resources to stabilize the network, increase production, and confront the summer peak.

The meeting was attended by the Deputy Chairman of the Bureau, Alaa al-Mesalleti, and the Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, Adel Jumaa. The attendees agreed to hold an expanded meeting with the Ministry of Health, the Medical Supply Agency, and the Ministry of Finance to start implementing the public tender, which has been delayed since 2009, as the first steps to correct the health sector’s situation in Libya.

During the meeting, it was agreed to start qualifying national companies capable of launching the new school construction project, as no new school has been built according to approved specifications since 1992.

The meeting emphasized the need for integration between the executive and supervisory state institutions to ensure providing good services to citizens, reduce corruption, enhance the disclosure and transparency principle in all procedures, and focus on the programs of the General Electricity Company and support it to ensure network stability during the summer period.

Libyan Prime Minister allocates 250 million dinars to cover the costs of Hajj for this year

A government official from the National Unity Government confirmed to our source that Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh had issued a decision to allocate funds from the state treasury to cover the costs of Libyan pilgrims for the year 1444 Hijri. The decision includes the allocation of 250 million dinars to cover the expenses of Hajj.

Yesterday, May 8, 2023, Dbeibeh also appointed Abdullatif Al-Alam to the position of Executive Director of the General Authority for Hajj and Umrah. This decision to allocate funds for this year’s Hajj expenses continues the National Unity Government’s policy of paying for the costs of Libyan pilgrims, following a similar decision last year to allocate 200 million dinars from the state treasury to cover Hajj expenses.

Movements led by political and military parties to amend the government of Dbeibeh, and Bashagha is considering submitting his resignation as prime minister

The Emirati newspaper Al-Ittihad wrote today, Tuesday, that an official source in the “6 + 6” legislative committee has confirmed that the committee’s meetings are continuing to develop the electoral laws necessary to complete the electoral process during the current year, and to discuss the differences between the House of Representatives and the state in the presidential election law.

The newspaper pointed out that the source had confirmed the existence of movements led by political and military parties to amend the national unity government, so that it would be extended if the presidential and legislative elections failed to be held during the current year.

Al-Ittihad revealed, on its official website, the frequency of news that the Libyan Prime Minister-designate from Parliament, Fathi Bashagha, is considering submitting his resignation from the presidency of the parallel government, after it was unable to deal with any of the files that were assigned to it by the Libyan Parliament, which did not decide its position against the budget submitted by Bashagha to parliament, explaining that the continuation of the government is linked to passing the budget and the extent of its ability to deal with the problems plaguing the country.

Seddiq Al-Sour: “Modernizing the operational capacity of the investigation authority by activating the digital transformation system”

The Attorney General, Seddiq Al-Sour, said today, Tuesday, during a meeting with the leaders of the prosecution offices at the level of Libya, that modernizing the operational capacity of the investigative authority, by activating the digital transformation system, requires adherence to a timetable whose completion is based on the pillar of enhancing the body’s readiness and the concerted efforts of the two frameworks, judicial and functional, to overcome appropriately over the emerging obstacles, which requires adherence to the work instructions issued in this regard, and avoiding deviating from them under any circumstances.

Al-Sour stressed that the goals are to modernize the institutional side, improve the work of the preliminary investigation, enhance confidence in the ability of employees of the Public Prosecution Authority to enforce the law, and provide public policy makers with a reading of the security reality. planning its treatment with the relevant authorities; It was one of the most important purposes of launching the digital transformation project in the Authority’s work.

Al-Sour explained that the Public Prosecution Authority is the protector and guarantor of freedoms and rights, and that his request to meet the labor leaders called for him to inform them of the results of evaluating the fairness and quality of procedures during the first half of this judicial year, and to inform them of the results of evaluating judicial activity, considering it the basis for drawing up the Authority’s management policy, and a reference to address any shortcomings in its performance.

In his speech, the Attorney General touched on the goal of job development and development, and reviewed the training initiative for the second half of the year 2023, praising the results of evaluating the work of the Anti-Corruption and Public Order Prosecutions, Anti-Drugs, and Combating Illegal Immigration and Traffic. He urged members to take action commensurate with the seriousness of the incidents they come into contact with, and to show the authority’s ability to enhance efforts to combat crimes and combat evasion from judicial prosecution.

The meeting dealt with the results of the work to verify the integrity of the records of the Civil Status Authority. The results of the search for indicators of committing forgery affected the data included in the relevant databases.

Attorneys general in the Courts of Appeal circuits, heads of primary prosecutions, directors of partial prosecutions in all local and qualitative jurisdictions, and prosecutors assigned to work in the Attorney General’s office attended this meeting.

Central Bank: “Total revenue for the first four months of this year reached 31.9 billion dinars”

Today, Monday, the Central Bank of Libya revealed a statement of revenue and expenditure for the period from January 1st to April 30th, 2023. The total revenue reached 31 billion dinars, while total expenditure amounted to 24.9 billion dinars, of which the salaries section reached 18.3 billion dinars and the fourth support section amounted to 4 billion dinars.

The Central Bank explained in its statement that the total expenditure for the Council of Ministers and its affiliated entities reached 636 million and 861 thousand dinars, while the total expenditure for the House of Representatives and its affiliated entities amounted to 374 million and 618 thousand dinars.

It also added in its statement that the total expenditure for the Ministry of Finance reached 8 billion and 424 million dinars, while the total expenses for the Presidential Council amounted to 204 million dinars. In addition, the expenditure for the General Authority for Endowments reached 73 million and 381 thousand dinars.

The Central Bank also revealed that the total expenditure for the High Council of State reached 13 million and 778 thousand dinars, while the total expenses for the General Electricity Company amounted to 1 billion and 143 million dinars.

Dbeibeh: “The progress in holding international exhibitions in Libya is a clear indicator of the stability it has reached”

Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the head of the Government of National Unity, said on Saturday in his speech during the opening of the 49th session of the Tripoli International Fair with local and international participation that the progress in holding international exhibitions in Libya and other major events is a clear indicator of the stability Libya has reached, which must be continued and supported, according to him.

Dbeibeh praised the efforts of his government’s Ministry of Economy and its employees, as well as private sector companies, to promote the national economy, stressing that the government is working on developing the General Authority for Exhibitions to return Libya to the map of international investment.

It is worth mentioning that the 49th session of the fair, organized by the General Authority for Exhibitions, is being held from May 7 to May 13, with the participation of 150 local companies and 25 foreign companies from Tunisia, Algeria, Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Spain, in addition to the American Chamber of Commerce.

Al-Huwaij: “The Libyan economy achieved the best growth and financial stability during the era of the National Unity Government compared to the surrounding region”

The Minister of Economy and Trade in the National Unity Government, Mohammed Al-Huwaij, stated during his speech at the opening ceremony of the 49th Tripoli International Fair, organized by the General Exhibitions Authority under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy, that the Libyan economy achieved the best growth and financial stability during the era of the GNU compared to the surrounding region. This is an indicator of strengthening the economic and commercial environment, sustainable economic growth, and transparency in all government actions.

Al-Huwaij explained that, according to the program advocated by the Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, and as a signal to the world and the Libyan people that the National Unity Government is a government of revitalization, building the private sector, and serving as the effective economic lever for the revitalization of exhibition institutions throughout Libya and the return of all projects that have been stopped for the past 10 years.

He also affirmed that national companies flourished and expanded their activities during the government’s era, and that they represented all their potentials and productions in this session. He added that Libya will build its future with new prospects and that we must remember the true cycles that occurred during the past year and this year, which developed during the era of the National Unity Government.

Al-Huwaij concluded his speech by confirming that next year’s Tripoli International Fair will witness participation from the majority of countries, and that the Unity Government is a government of peace, security, stability, and economic development, despite the circumstances that the country is going through.

Dbeibeh and Al-Kabeer meet with the Investment Authority to follow up on the activation of investments inside

Today, Wednesday, the Prime Minister and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Libyan Investment Authority, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, held a meeting with the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, member of the Board of Trustees, Seddiq Al-Kabeer, to follow up on activating investments inside.

During their meeting, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Libyan Investment Authority, Ali Mahmoud, a number of members of the Board of Directors, and the Director of the Oversight Department of the Sovereign Sector at the Audit Bureau, Rida Qarqab, and the Director of the Oversight Department of the Service Sector at the Bureau, Abdul Baset Al-Jaidaa attended the meeting.

For his part, the Chairman of the Corporation presented a light show showing the Corporation’s plan for a number of projects proposed for investment in the country, the most important of which is the renewable energy file, considering that it is a successful investment and its returns are high.

In turn, the governor stressed during this meeting that the completion of a number of projects that have been suspended for ten years and implemented by foreign companies is considered a priority after evaluating the assets and investment feasibility.

The Prime Minister stressed the need to activate domestic investment for important projects, coordinate with all state institutions to ensure the legality of procedures, and involve international offices as houses of expertise.

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees also stressed the need to continue the strategy of disclosure, transparency and governance launched by the Foundation under the supervision of the Board of Trustees.

Zallaf Libyan Oil & Gas discusses aspects of cooperation and proposed plans with the NOC Strategic Programs Office

The management committee of the Zallaf Libyan Oil & Gas Exploration and Production discussed, on Wednesday, with the Strategic Programs Office of the National Oil Corporation at the company’s headquarters, aspects of cooperation and proposed plans in line with the Corporation’s policies to develop the oil and gas sector in Libya.

The meeting was attended by the Chairman and members of the Management Committee and the Director of the Office of Strategic Programs Omran Abu Khors and a number of officials in the office.