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The assignment Al-Taher Akra as Chargé d’Affairs to Italy to succeed Omar Al-Tarhouni

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Today, Saturday, our source learned exclusively about the assignment of Al-Taher Khalifa Akra to the tasks of the Chargé d’Affairs in Italy.

This comes in succession to Omar Al-Tarhouni, who was suspended by the Audit Bureau as a result of a number of violations, as Al-Taher Akra received his official duties yesterday, and he is also exercising his duties as a consul in Palermo.

The Tripoli Audit Bureau had arrested a number of employees of the Libyan Embassy in Italy, led by Al-Tarhouni for exploiting the powers of their jobs in violation.

For his part, the Director of the Administrative and Financial Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs referred the decision to the Libyan Embassy in Italy to put it into effect.

Al-Abed reveals important details to our source about the financial releases

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The Minister of Civil Service in the National Unity Government, Ali Al-Abed, said in a special statement to our source: « The meeting of the releases committee that was held previously in 2021, that was referred to the Ministry of Finance, and currently the meeting of the releases committee will be held next week. Other numbers will be referred from employees who work in administrative units and carry out their work for the benefit of their salaries at the Ministry of Finance. This year, we are working on sorting and evaluating all files. »

In the context of his speech, he said: « I also presented the issue at the cabinet meeting and the Prime Minister instructed the Minister of Finance to pay these salaries, as the financial releases range in duration according to jobs, some of them are from 2014 and some others are from 2015. »

Al-Abed also reassured that the Prime Minister instructed the Minister of Finance to not delay the completion of salaries in any way, due to their importance to employees, and that it is difficult to publish the lists of employees targeted for releases, due to their large number, but the released sectors will be published.

He also said: « The committee is currently working on the issue of releases and is doing the inventory process. When I received the assignments, I found there was a pile of mail that had not been modified, and we are in the process of sorting and presenting it. »

As for the value of the full releases, Al-Abed said that « financial matters are within the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Civil Service, whose mission is to technically audit the processes of housing administrative and organizational cadres in terms of job description, processing work, and dual job. »

Shakshak addresses the Minister of Finance of National Unity Government for violating the law

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Our source obtained exclusively the letter of the head of the Tripoli Audit Bureau, Khaled Shakshak to the Minister of Finance of the National Unity Government, Khaled Al-Mabrouk, canceling the authorizations issued by the Ministry regarding the adoption of the government spending proposal and the distribution of financial allocations to administrative units for 2021, as these authorizations are in violation of the provisions of the law of the state’s financial system and that the rule (1/12) part of twelve of the appropriations of the general budget 2020 had no basis, and not classified, which weakens the ministry’s control at the level of items, with the legislator’s goal being fulfilled by the provisions of the law of the financial system of the state.

Khaled Shakshak also called for adherence to spending with administrative units in accordance with the spending rule (1/12) of the appropriations or arrangements of the previous fiscal year authorized in accordance with the terms of the financial and interest mandates received during the fiscal year of 2020.

The National Unity Government directs its affiliates to enable the Anti-Corruption Authority headed by Al-Shikh to exercise its powers

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Our source obtained exclusively the correspondence of the General Secretary of the Cabinet Office in the National Unity Government to all its affiliates.

The correspondence included enabling the employees of the National Anti-Corruption Authority in Abu Nawas headed by Numan Al-Shikh who hold the capacity of judicial control officers to exercise their powers of the provisions of the law.

It is noteworthy that the General Attorney has addressed the Prime Minister of the National Unity Government to enable the authority’s employees to exercise their competences, as they are subject to the supervision of the Public Prosecution in their work.

The Maltese Foreign Minister revealed to our source his statement regarding immigration and economic projects with Libya

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Malta’s Foreign Minister Everest Bartolo told our source today, Thursday, that Malta is seeking to intensify its security cooperation with Libya in terms of controlling illegal immigration and smuggling issues.

Bartolo added: « We do not forget that Malta is of great importance to Libya, and that there are interests that link the two neighbors, and it is important to coexist in peace, just as Malta will participate in economic projects for the structure in Libya. »

The Ministry of Economy of National Unity Government reveals to our source three alternatives that were discussed regarding commodity prices

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The Director of the Trade Department in the Ministry, Mustafa Qadara, told our source that: « During this meeting, the mechanism for setting prices, providing basic commodities, and finding a quick solution before the month of Ramadan was discussed. »

He continued by saying: « The crisis is global, and Libya is part of this world, and prices in the world are all high, unprecedentedly due to the Ukrainian-Russian crisis, and we, as a country, are an importer of most commodities from them. »

He also added to his speech: « We sat down today to put in place a mechanism to find an optimal way to price basic commodities or provide them at a price that is affordable for the simple citizen with a low income, as well as controlling the market because the market is really high prices and the commodities have disappeared and these are the most prominent problems. We tried to have price competition between the public and private sectors, but when the merchant hears that the prices have gone up, the goods are stored and hidden from the market, and then come out at high prices, especially in the month of Ramadhan, which some consider as a season for profit. »

According to Qadara, three alternatives were discussed during the meeting, namely cash or commodity support, or that the state is the one that provides the goods and then they are distributed through the Price Stabilization Fund. Now, a working group has been formed, headed by the Minister of Economic Affairs of the Council of Ministers, and it is now the one who will meet and develop optimal solutions.

Our source obtains anti-corruption documents that prove the embezzlement of 73,500 million dollars and the National Unity Government bears the responsibility

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Our source obtained several correspondences related to the Anti-Corruption Authority, the first of which includes their correspondence with the Director of the Banking Operations Department at the Central Bank of Libya, asking him to refer documents in which 73,500 million dinars was transferred to Talc Investment company for the supply of the Corona vaccine.

The Anti-Corruption Authority also addressed the Ministry of Health and demanded it to report on the person authorized to sign on the account of the Ministry of Health, and to provide him with documents supporting the disbursement of the transaction that was signed by the Minister of Health and the Minister of Finance, and the basis on which the Minister of Finance Khaled Al-Mabrouk signed on the account of the Ministry of Health, and provided him the documents supporting the disbursement of any transaction in which the foreign transfer took place during 2021.

For its part, the Ministry of Health responded according to a correspondence obtained by our source, which included that the authorized signatories at the Ministry’s office are the Financial Controller Ahmed Souissi and the Minister of Health Ali Al-Zanati, and that the basis on which the signature of the Minister of Finance was built is that the procedure was carried out outside the Ministry of Health, with the transmission of documents related to the supply of the vaccine.

Our source obtained also and exclusively the correspondence of the Deputy Prime Minister of the National Unity Government to the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, during which he is required to execute a payment permit with a figure of 73.500 million dollars and transfer the value to the beneficiary, knowing that the Audit Bureau has reserved the approval, due to suspicions according to another correspondence of the Bureau previously published on Sada.

In the same context, Abu Janah pledged, on behalf of the National Unity Government, to follow up on the procedures with the Audit Bureau and to assume responsibility.

Our source obtained exclusively from the Tripoli Anti-Corruption Commission memorandum, which includes monitoring violations of vaccine supply, including the transfer of 73,500 million dollars, where the authority said that this issue has cost the treasury huge sums, and that the supply of 3 million Sinopharm vaccinations was not needed by the Ministry, because there is a stockpile of the vaccine, and the stamp tax has not been deducted in the amount of 3.167 million in violation of the tax law, and that the income tax is in the range of 15% that is to say 95.033 million, adding that the exaggerations in prices, as the price of one vaccination is 24,500 dollars is not acceptable, and according to the information, the real price is between 7 and 10 dollars, the average is 8 dollars, and the difference is 16,500 dollars. This corruption is borne by the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Health, the Minister of Finance, the Director of the Internal Audit Office at the Ministry of Health, the Financial Controller at the Ministry of Health, and the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health for Technical Affairs and the Department.

Our source also obtained correspondence proving that the Minister of Finance in the Government of National Unity addressed the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya to cancel the validation of its signature at the Ministry of Health after completing the transfer procedures and re-approving the signature of the Financial Controller of the Ministry of Health.

Our source had obtained also exclusively from the correspondence of the Minister of Finance Khaled Al-Mabrouk and the Minister of Health Ali Al-Zanati to make an external transfer of 73.500 million dollars, in exchange for the supply of 3 million doses of Corona vaccine, with a deduction of the equivalent in dinars from the account of the Ministry of Health Khaled Al-Mabrouk, where the Minister of Finance made a violation of the state’s financial law by signing instead of the financial controller at the Ministry of Health, with the correspondence of the Tripoli Audit Bureau, Director of the Banking Operations Department at the Central Bank of Libya, which includes the Bureau showing some information and indications to cancel the signatures of authorized persons on the emergency account of the Ministry of Health and authorize non-specialized persons in violation of the legislation and regulations Procedures for disposing of public funds and other than their competence to the original and the existence of transactions of questionable integrity.

The Bureau demanded that the disbursement of any transactions on the aforementioned account should be temporarily suspended until the validity of what was stated and informed of the measures taken in particular, with a bank account statement showing all exchange operations from the date of suspension of work by a decision to impose the accompanying oversight restriction on the emergency account at the Ministry.

Our source also investigated Talc Investment company, which was contracted to bring the vaccine, and it turned out that it is not a pharmaceutical company and has been established since 2020, with confirmation that it is an Emirati company run by a Libyan official.

Al-Lamoushi said: « The decisions of the Economy Minister to solve the problem of the commercial registry system are devoid of content and the ministry has a decisions diarrhea and his expenses on travel exceeded 5 million dinars »

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Our source contacted the Center for Information and Economic Documentation, the technical department responsible for digital transformation and information technology in the sector, to learn about the latest developments in the aftermath of the abolition of resolutions 221 of 2021 regarding the unified registration number and resolution 935 of 2021 regarding electronic negative certificates, especially after the Audit Bureau’s letter to the Minister The economy on January 16, 2022, who demanded that it reactivate the system.

The General Director of the Center, Hassan Al-Lamoushi, reported exclusively to our source that the Minister had responded to the Audit Bureau’s letter with a letter bearing the number 5-1-480 dated January 31, 2022, which was full of fallacies and flimsy justifications.

He continued: « When you read the response of his excellency, the Minister, you will conclude that he requires changing the Charter of the United Nations in order to retract his decisions to disrupt the system launched by the former Minister Boumtari. »

He stated that the response to the owner’s office was to attach a decision bearing the number 61 to form a committee to solve the difficulties facing the re-working of the system, but that committee did not hold a single meeting, and on March 2, 2022, the minister issued his decision No. 212 to dissolve the first committee and form a committee. The decision stipulated in its fourth article that the committee would complete its work within 3 weeks.

He added: « Today, March 21, the three weeks ended, and this committee also did not hold any meeting for it, which gives credibility to the assumptions that the goal of those decisions was not to solve the problem as much as it was procrastination and evasion of responsibility and betting that people will forget the heavy damage that they caused. The minister’s actions followed the digital transformation program in the sector. »

He continued: « But this has been the ministry’s vocation since March 2021, not only in the field of digital transformation and providing electronic services to the citizen, but also in almost most of the duties entrusted to it. You can ask any businessman, craftsman or citizen in the street about anything tangible that has been achieved for him on the economic level during the past twelve months and see the answers that you will get. »

He revealed that Al-Huwaij’s decisions are devoid of content and the Ministry of Economy suffers from issuing decisions diarrhea, and despite the complaint about the lack of capabilities, what the Ministry of Economy has spent on travel since Mr. Al-Huwaij took office, has exceeded five million dinars, according to the report of the employee issued annually by the Center for Information and Economic Documentation.

He stated that the ministry’s web page contains only the words (opened, visited, held a meeting). There is nothing useful for the citizen or business owners, not to mention the smearing of the ministry’s image with various kinds of abuses from the nominations of commercial attaches ( This is a file in which abuses have reached such an extent that they fall under misdemeanors and crimes that require legal prosecution of their perpetrators) and assigning people whose job grades do not qualify them to occupy positions in addition to the issue of scrap and others.

He added that when a people loses confidence in its leaders and elites, it loses confidence in itself. « Unfortunately, our people have only harvested betrayal from this ministry, and there is no hope for it under the current hopeless administration. »

He concluded: « The pain is crushing me when I say these words about a sector of which we are a part. But we are paying the price of a failure imposed on us, not because of a lack of expertise or capabilities. We have excellent experiences, at least in the field of informatics, that every Libyan man and woman are honored of. The capabilities are adequate to some extent. It cannot be said that it is insufficient, especially since the sector spent last year no less than 5 million dinars on travels alone. »

Our source says, with documents justification: « An embezzlement of 73,500 million dollars, in which the Ministers of Finance and of Health are accused »

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Our source obtained exclusively from the correspondence of the Minister of Finance Khaled Al-Mabrouk and the Minister of Health Ali Al-Zanati to make an external transfer of 73.500 million dollars, in exchange for the supply of 3 million doses of Corona vaccine, with the deduction of the equivalent in dinars from the account of the Ministry of Health, where the Minister of Finance Khaled” Al-Mabrouk by signing in place of the financial controller at the Ministry of Health, in violation of the state’s financial law.

For his part, the Tripoli Audit Bureau wrote to the Director of the Banking Operations Department of the Central Bank of Libya, which includes the bureau’s identification of some information and indications to cancel the signatures of authorized persons on the emergency account at the Ministry of Health and to authorize non-specialized persons in violation of the legislation and regulations regulating procedures for disposing of public money and contrary to their competence to the original and the existence of transactions of questionable integrity .

The Bureau demanded that the disbursement of any transactions on the aforementioned account be temporarily suspended until the validity of what was stated and informed of the measures taken in particular, with a bank account statement showing all exchange operations from the date of suspension of work by a decision to impose the accompanying control restriction on the emergency account at the Ministry.

In the same context, our sources revealed exclusively that the amount had actually been transferred.

Our source also investigated the Talc Investment company, which was contracted to bring the vaccine, and it turned out that it is not a pharmaceutical company and has been established since 2020, with confirmation that it is an Emirati company run by a Libyan official.

The Minister of Finance prevented the Anti-Corruption Commission from inspecting him, on the pretext that the commission was illegal, after it stopped several suspicious transactions for the minister, including this transaction, withholding even salaries from the commission in Tripoli, and freezing all of the commission’s accounts, according to our sources.

Our source was informed exclusively that the file of this case is under investigation at the Public Prosecutor’s Office.

An Economic expert says: « This is what I expect about the exchange rate »

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The economic expert, Mohamed Al-Shahati said exclusively to our source: « Absolutely, decreasing the exchange rate or the foreign currency rate is not impossible, and also the exchange rate depends on the balance of payments balance, and achieving a surplus means support for the local currency rate. »

He added: « Due to the lack of various resources other than oil, it seems that the high oil prices this year will achieve a surplus in the balance of payments, in addition to a narrow margin to improve the exchange rate if the Central Bank decides to do so. »

He continued by saying: « On the other hand, the rise in government spending will narrow the margin to a large extent, and the fear of a drop in the oil price in the future puts another limit, in general, I expect that the Central Bank can implement a limited reduction in the price of the foreign currency, but not as the public wishes. »

Al-Kabeer, Al-Hebri and the bank administrations agreed that cash shipments will be transferred to Benina International Airport, with a value of one billion dinars

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The Central Bank of Libya’s liquidity team said exclusively to our source, within the framework of the Central Bank’s plan to provide liquidity in all branches of commercial banks in all regions of Libya before the holy month of Ramadhan, and in the framework of the coordination that took place between the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya Seddiq Al-Kabeer and the Deputy Governor Al-Hibri, and after coordination with the departments of commercial banks, it was agreed to transfer cash shipments to Benina Airport in Benghazi at a value of one billion dinars to bank branches in the eastern region, as of March 23.

All difficulties related to air transportation were overcome, and permission was granted to the liquidity team to resume the airlift of the eastern region, starting on March 23, with three flights per week.

The liquidity project team at the Central Bank of Libya confirms the availability of a large stock of liquidity and calls on all banks to communicate with the issuance departments of the Central Bank of Libya to receive their liquidity needs.

Nuran Bank reveals to our source the details of money transfer through the MoneyGram service Nuran Bank reveals to our source the details of money transfer through the MoneyGram service

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Nuran Bank announced the possibility of receiving and sending around the world in minutes with the MoneyGram service, and benefiting from instant money transfers around the world, at a value of 10 thousand US dollars annually without any commissions locally. 

The head of the communication office at Nuran Bank, Idris Al-Barghathi, explained in a statement to our source that the specialised value to each person is 20,000 dollars, 10,000 dollars by card and 10,000 dollars by remittances, but with regard to fees, they are deducted from abroad.

He also said that it is possible to send the transfer from outside Libya, and upon its arrival, an account is opened in dollars, for example, if 1,000 dollars is transferred through the MoneyGram service to Nuran Bank, it will be automatically inserted into the previously activated dollar account and the withdrawal is via the visa card. 

In case the customer wants to sell them to the bank, he transfers the amount from abroad and buys it by the bank at the exchange rate of the Central Bank of Libya.