The Parliament Speaker Aqila Saleh met today, Tuesday, with the General Union of Oil and Gas Workers, to follow up on workers’ demands and address legislative deficiencies in some laws and decisions related to income tax and increasing the salaries of workers in the oil and gas sector.
The meeting touched on discussing all issues related to workers in the oil and gas sector, on top of which was emphasizing the application of Law No. 1 of 2022 regarding voluntary retirement for workers in oil and gas sector companies issued by the House of Representatives, in addition to discussing the activation of Resolution 642 regarding increasing the salaries of workers in the oil and gas sector and the right of retired workers and martyrs of duty to benefit from this increase, and the affirmation of the right of all workers to settle their financial situation from the date of the decision issued in 2014.
The Union also called on the Presidency of the House of Representatives to exempt workers in the oil sector from income tax deductions, similar to the rest of the Libyan state employees who are exempted from income tax in accordance with Law No. 7 of 2010.
The meeting also tackled the budget scarcity of the National Oil Corporation and its negative impact on the sector and the conditions of workers in the sector and praising the National Oil Corporation in leading this sensitive stage, and the item of funds and subscriptions that were embezzled from banks in the city of Tripoli and referring the case to the Attorney General, as well as discussing the recent closures of oil and the claim by keeping the National Oil Corporation away from political quarrels and demanding the issuance of a legislative text that guarantees the disbursement of an independent budget to the National Oil Corporation.