The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has denied what it describes as misleading news and rumors that are spread about the financial statements published by the CBL recently.
It explained in a statement on its official Facebook page that what it published regarding the public revenue and expenditure data comes within its full commitment to transparency and all regulatory legislation. It confirmed that it had sufficient resources to end the public debt, noting that the previous administration did not disclose those resources.
The statement also confirmed that all accounts, including tax fees and reserves, remain as they are in the records, and no accounting restrictions had been taken regarding them, as well as no balances had been transferred from the CBL, calling on the regulatory authorities to review the records and systems to verify this information.
The statement called on the media to show a sense of responsibility and not to publish misleading news, stressing the need to carefully investigate information from its primary source through the CBL's official platforms.
The statement concluded with a call to keep the monetary institution away from any political conflicts, to be an umbrella that brings together all Libyans and works professionally in accordance with the Banking Law and its amendments.
The dismissed governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Al-Siddiq Al-Kabir, had issued a statement two days ago in which he confirmed that ending the public debt would not be done with the stroke of a pen, and that it is the responsibility of the executive and legislative authorities according to specific procedures, considering what was stated in the statement of the CBL's management assigned by the Presidential Council to be misleading the public opinion.
