In a statement to our source, lawyer Thuria Al-Touibi discussed the Supreme Court’s Administrative Division ruling to cancel the surcharge on foreign currency exchange rates.
She explained that the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, filed an appeal after the ruling was announced, requesting a suspension of the decision’s implementation. The Supreme Court ruled against their request to halt the decision.
Al-Touibi elaborated that the governor and the speaker sought to suspend the implementation of the administrative court’s urgent ruling and to continue collecting the tax, but the Supreme Court rejected their request.
She added that some plaintiffs had filed cases in ordinary courts, which ruled on the matter and gave them the right to appeal. Meanwhile, some, including herself, had submitted an administrative appeal, which led to a suspension of the implementation of the urgent ruling until a final decision is made on the issue.
