The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Saddek El-Kaber, has called on the Attorney General, Sideeg Al-Sour, to stop the continuous drain on the Libyan state of overseas health costs which create obligations on the Libyan state in violation of the public debt law. The CBL Governor called on the Attorney General to ensure that these health allocations reach those who deserve them. The news was publicised by several local Libyan media sources last Wednesday claiming they were based on a leaked September letter from the former to the latter. It said this indicates suspicion of inflated expenditures and a defect in spending mechanisms. Need clear mechanism, standardsAt the conclusion, the CBL called for measures to be taken to clarify the situation in light of the absence of a specific mechanism or clear standard for determining the type of treatment or its beneficiaries abroad, not to mention the mismanagement of deposits allocated for treatment by referring them to embassies.

Source: Libya Today October 08, 2023 08:46 UTC