The Planning, Finance and General Budget Committee and the Budget Restructuring Committee in the House of Representatives (HoR) called on the Government of National Unity (GNU) to reduce diplomatic representation abroad by 50% of the number of workers in Libyan embassies and consulates in order to reduce the value of expected public spending in 2024.
This call came in a letter signed by the Chairman of the Planning, Finance and General Budget Committee and the Chairman of the Budget Restructuring Committee of the HoR, Omar Tantoush, to Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah on April 3.
Tantoush explained in his letter that the reduction in public spending for the year 2024 comes in light of the expected deficit in the state’s general budget for 2024, according to data from the National Oil Corporation, and in accordance with the measures taken by the Committee to reduce spending, especially in foreign exchange.
The letter called on Dbeibah to address the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding taking the necessary measures to reduce the number of workers abroad (embassies - consulates) by 50% in order to reduce the value of the expected public spending in 2024 in line with the expected revenues.
