On Saturday, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL), Mohamed Al-Mashaay, issued a resolution stipulating the addition of 500 Libyan Dinars (LYD) to the net salary of the company’s employees until the scheduled increase is implemented.
The resolution, numbered 602 for the year 2023, states in its first article the addition of 500 LYD to the salary of all company employees. This starts from August of the current year until the company can implement the planned salary increase according to the decision of its general assembly, numbered 1 for the year 2022. This regarding the approval of the salary schedule for the employees.
According to the second article of the resolution, the financial values to be disbursed in implementation of this resolution will be settled after applying the salary increase decision. The third article emphasised the enforcement of the resolution from its issuance date.
In February of the past year, the Prime Minister of the temporary Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdelhamid Dbaiba, approved the salary schedule for employees of the GECOL based on job categories, following improvements in revenue collection and tariff adjustments.
The government stated in a previous statement that Dbaiba, who is the chairman of the general assembly of the company, issued a decision to adopt the salary schedule as an acknowledgment of the efforts of the employees of the GECOL, considering that their salaries are not part of regular wages.
The employees of the GECOL previously organised several protest actions, urging legislative and executive authorities to increase their salaries, provide allowances, and ensure healthcare coverage for them.
Libya has been in chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled longtime leader Moammar 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 2021, and the refusal of Prime Minister Abdelhamid 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.
