The employees of the Libyan Ministry of Interior of the Government of National Unity (GNU) announced their support for the House of Representatives (HoR) and the government-designate led by Fathi Bashagha.
In a statement, they stressed that Libya is one entity and does not accept division. The Ministry’s employees said, “we stand united with everyone who seeks to bring the nation together, and we call on the people to respect the law and security.”
“We affirm that the bodies elected by the citizen are the only legitimate bodies represented in Parliament and the government emanating from it, and we reject other governments,” the statement added.
On Friday, the Libyan Parliament-backed Prime Minister, Fathi Bashagha, said the oil blockade would likely end if the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) supplies funds for the approved budget.
“As soon as our government receives the budget and it is distributed equitably according to what we mentioned in the budget, then the residents of the fields and the oil crescent will not mind re-exporting the oil,” Bashagha told Reuters in an interview.
The Libyan Parliament unanimously approved the 2022 budget submitted by the new government, headed by Fathi Bashagha.
The approved budget amounted to 89.68 billion Libyan dinars. He added that 98 Members of Parliament (MP’s) attended the session, and voted in favour of the budget. Five others reportedly voted via a recorded voice message.
He added that there was a lot of anger at the “illegal spending” by his rival GNU led by Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba. He also accused Al-Dbaiba’s outgoing government of corruption and payments to armed groups.
“The closure is partial in the oil facilities. It happened as a result of the anger of the residents of the Oil Crescent and the oil fields when they saw the expired government in Tripoli,” Bashagha said.