Libya’s Former Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hassan Al-Saghir accused the Government of National Unity (GNU) of “corruption and of evading responsibility, for selecting lists of beneficiaries from the loan initiative.” He added that “this includes a number of unworthy people, and several municipalities announced their rejection of them.”
Al-Saghir shared a statement by the Supreme Committee for the implementation of Dbaiba’s youth and needy families housing initiative. This was to disavow the lists of beneficiaries in the first phase of the initiative, which was published by the Ministry of Youth.
The committee said that it was referred from the sub-committees in the municipalities, and approved by the head of the committee (the mayor) according to priority.
“The post talks about not publishing some lists from the municipalities, and then it talks about not approving some lists because they were not referred by the municipalities. It is understood from the publication that the Central Committee is an authentication committee, and not an accreditation committee, and the difference between the two is large,” he said.
“Secondly, the evasion of responsibility is clear, after several municipalities issued a mismatch between what was referred, and what was actually issued. This indicates that the Supreme Committee is the one who decides, not the municipal committees. Finally, if the case is as the government claims, why have the government’s decisions not included issuing the terms of reference in the sorting and approval process? Why has the notification not been done by the municipalities themselves, and not by the government?” Al-Saghir added.
Libya has been in chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The county has for years been split between rival administrations, each backed by rogue militias and foreign governments.
The current stalemate grew out of the failure to hold elections in December, and the refusal of Prime Minister Abdel-Hamid Dbaiba, who is leading the transitional government, to step down. In response, the country’s eastern-based Parliament appointed a rival Prime Minister, Fathi Bashagha, who has for months sought to install his government in Tripoli.