Our special source revealed that on August 11, with the stroke of a pen, the Government of National Unity\u2019s Council of Ministers allocated nearly eleven million Libyan dinars from state funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The decision, numbered 566<\/strong>, appeared at first glance to be a routine administrative measure: \u201cSettlement of debts owed by the Presidential Council to the African Airlines Company.\u201d<\/em> But behind this brief headline lies a complete absence of details\u2014opening the door wide to legitimate questions about the fate of taxpayers\u2019 money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Paying off the state\u2019s debts is commendable and necessary, and supporting national companies such as African Airlines is an undeniable duty. But the basic principle in managing public funds is transparency\u2014something missing from this decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, we do not make accusations, but we present to the public and the relevant authorities a series of questions that demand clear and immediate answers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. What exactly is the nature of these \u201cdebts\u201d?<\/strong> 2. How was this precise amount (10,835,106 LYD) calculated?<\/strong> 3. Why was it paid from the \u201cMiscellaneous\u201d budget line?<\/strong> 4. Why now?<\/strong> A Call for Clarity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This issue goes beyond a financial figure; it concerns the very methodology of governance and citizens\u2019 trust in their government. Trust is not built through vague decisions, but through clarity and the ability to withstand scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We place these legitimate questions before the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Finance, and the Audit Bureau. Providing answers is not a luxury\u2014it is a fundamental right of Libyan citizens and the first step toward enforcing the principle of \u201cWhere did you get this from?\u201d<\/em> on anyone entrusted with public funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We await clarification\u2014not for the sake of controversy, but for the sake of building a state of law and institutions that every citizen deserves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our special source revealed that on August 11, with the stroke of a pen, the Government of National Unity\u2019s Council of Ministers allocated nearly eleven million Libyan dinars from state funds. The decision, numbered 566, appeared at first glance to be a routine administrative measure: \u201cSettlement of debts owed by the Presidential Council to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":254602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[683],"tags":[613,1051],"class_list":["post-254601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-articles","tag-libya","tag-public-funds"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254601"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254604,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254601\/revisions\/254604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The decision used vague wording. Citizens have the right to know: Are these debts related to flight services? If so, which flights, who benefited, when were they carried out, and are there documented invoices proving these services were actually provided? To speak of \u201cdebts\u201d without details is akin to issuing a blank check from public funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Government figures do not appear out of thin air. Which authority verified the invoices and ensured that the amount matched the services provided? Did the Audit Bureau review these debts before approving their payment? The extreme precision of the figure only makes its lack of supporting documentation more questionable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u201cMiscellaneous\u201d line in the state budget is reserved for emergencies and unforeseen expenses. Old debts are not an emergency. So why was this category chosen? Was it a way to bypass stricter financial oversight applied to more specific budget lines?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amid the economic hardships facing the country and citizens\u2019 pressing needs for basic services, what urgent necessity required settling this particular debt at this time? Are there not more critical debts owed to service institutions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n