Exclusive: Ghaith responds to Al-Kabeer’s denial of suspending trading, and clarifies several details

A member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Libya, Mrajaa Ghaith, responded, in an exclusive statement to our source, to the Central Bank of Libya’s denial of suspending trade, saying: “I was surprised by Mr. Seddiq’s response, as it seems far from professionalism and the ethics of a public official. Previously, he himself confirmed that the reason for suspending trading was the public debt in the Eastern region, although that is not true according to his own statement.”

He continued: “Although in all the meetings that we previously held with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, trading suspension is discussed, and Mr. Naji Issa was defending that report.” He added that “the Audit Bureau confirmed the trade suspension reports. The World Bank and the IMF confirmed that among the steps to unify the Central Bank to take good steps, the first of which is resuming trading.”

He added by saying: “I am not surprised by this response from Seddiq Al-Kabeer. However, how come that the head of the Audit Bureau and the ministers accept this speech? Do they not have knowledge of that according to his statement?”