Libya’s Attorney General, Al-Siddiq Al-Sour, has announced the results of a comprehensive review of citizenship application files, revealing a total of 282,447 records examined for irregularities in the naturalisation process.
The Office of the Prosecutor General has launched a wide-scale campaign to combat forgery within Libya’s civil registry system and address the resulting threats to national security and social cohesion.
According to a statement issued after a meeting chaired by Al-Sour last Tuesday, authorities reviewed records linked to claims of Libyan origin, verified legal eligibility for citizenship, and evaluated the legitimacy of procedures used by foreigners to obtain Libyan nationality.
During the meeting, the Prosecutor General stressed the need to initiate criminal proceedings against individuals involved in falsifying civil status data. He affirmed that protecting Libya’s national identity is both a legal and societal responsibility, urging public prosecutors to pursue legal action against offenders, regardless of the nature of their crimes.
The discussions also covered the progress of investigative teams tasked with uncovering forged civil documents, particularly those related to personal status.
Al-Sour instructed judicial authorities to intensify scrutiny of suspect records and implement firm measures to limit the economic, social, and political consequences of fraudulent documentation.
Participants also reviewed outcomes of the process enabling prosecutors to access civil registry files, which allowed for precise analysis and legal assessment of data accuracy. The statistics presented differentiated between errors caused by negligence or ignorance and cases involving deliberate falsification.
