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Menfi to Koury: We call for detailed report of HoR session for electing CBL governor

The Presidential Council requested the acting UN envoy Stephanie Koury to provide evidence of the validity and availability of a legal quorum in the House of Representatives' (HoR) session in which the new governor and his deputy were elected.

The Presidential Council called in a letter to Koury to refer a detailed report attached to the electronic signature sheet for the session to elect the governor of the Central Bank of Libya and his deputy to determine whether or not the quorum of two-thirds was available in the event that observers were sent to the HoR session.

Economy

Libya's public spending surpasses 722 billion dinars since 2012

Libya’s public spending has surpassed 722 billion dinars between 2012 and 2023, according to data from the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), the country’s Administrative Control Authority revealed in its annual report.

The report highlights that total public expenditures from 2012 to 2022 reached more than 648 billion dinars, while government spending in 2023 alone topped 125 billion dinars.

Public debt has also climbed to 154 billion dinars since 2011, with 84 billion dinars accumulated in the past three years.

Variety

Libyan Attorney General's Office dismantles Nigerian organized crime network

The Libyan Attorney General's Office announced on Thursday the dismantling of a network of criminal gangs infiltrating from Nigeria to Libya to practice witchcraft and sorcery, organize illegal immigration, kidnapping, drug trafficking, and theft.

A statement published by the Office on its Facebook page explained that the intelligence service referred information related to a meeting of illegal immigrants, with the aim of coordinating criminal activities run by five criminal organizations: "High Viking", "EMSI", "Eye", "Black Axe", and the "New Blacks in Africa" ​​movement.

Education

MoE ready to receive over 2 million students for new school year

The Ministry of Education of the Government of National Unity announced on Thursday its readiness to receive more than 2 million and 300 thousand male and female students for the new school year 2024-2025 immediately after the end of the Holy Birthday of the Prophet and Martyr's Day holiday.

Health

Opinions

After the Central Bank crisis, what is the possible role of the Presidential Council?

Is the Central Bank crisis over? It seems so, because an agreement was reached under the auspices of the acting Head of the United Nations Mission in Libya, Stephanie Koury, and was signed by the representatives of the House of Representatives and the High Council of State, after agreeing on the new governor and his deputy.

The Presidential Council succeeded in achieving a long-awaited change, or more precisely, succeeded in pushing the two houses to activate a task that is part of their responsibilities, which is to select and assign competent and capable figures to sovereign positions according to the political agreement.

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