Our source obtained an exclusive copy of the correspondence of the head of the Tripoli Audit Bureau, Khaled Shakshak, to the Prime Minister of the National Unity Government and the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya.
It included a reference to the Prime Minister’s decision of the National Unity Government No. 262 of 2021 regarding the formation of a committee to review and approve debt treatment abroad. The news came about the intention of a number of Jordanian hospitals to stop providing treatment services to Libyan patients due to the late payment of debts of these clinics.
Through the research, it became clear to the Bureau that the reasons for the delay in repaying the debts of the Jordanian clinics are due to the existence of a dispute between the Libyan ambassador in Jordan and the committee formed pursuant to Cabinet Resolution No. 262 of 2021 regarding the formation of a committee to follow up on treatment debts abroad and transfer of funds and reimbursement. The ambassador demands that the deposit must be referred to the embassy, which is the supervisor of the payment process. The committee adheres to its opinion on the need to refer directly to the clinics after the review, in accordance with the requirements set by the Central Bank of Libya to enforce the payment operations.
The aforementioned committee was delayed in carrying out the tasks assigned to it, despite the fact that the decision to assign it was issued on 08/31/2021. Despite this, there was no office selected and assigned to today’s date for review. The committee has only invited offices to submit their offers, but none of those have not been sorted to this date.
This is due to the dispute that occurred between the ambassador and the aforementioned committee, as the ambassador received the offers submitted by the audit firms and refused to refer them to the committee for comparison among them.
The head of the Audit Bureau said: “The mentioned committee, recommended transferring an amount of 14,138,557.00 million US dollars, representing the financial percentages of the continuous financial statements of the Libyan patients to the hospital in the minutes of its eighth meeting, held on 10/26/2021, at the Health Office of the Libyan Embassy in Amman.”
Shakshak recommended the necessity of taking into account the condition of patients and not holding them responsible for these disputes and urged the embassy and the committee to work in the spirit of one team, to end the conflict, as soon as possible, and to address the problem of hospitals stopping providing the service referred to in the above-mentioned committee’s recommendation.
