Day: May 24, 2021

Tobruk, A group of teachers on Monday morning organized a protest in front of the House of Representatives headquarters in Tobruk, whose sessions began in the morning to study the budget for the fiscal year 2021 due to (the teachers’ protest against the lack of inclusion in the budget of the increase scheduled for them from the revised budget.

The parliament accepted the revised draft budget of the National Unity Government, which overlooked the category of teachers who had priority over others, according to some protesters.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Tripoli, The Minister of Local Government of the National Unity Government, Dr. Badr El-Din Al-Toumi, discussed, Monday morning, in his office in Tripoli, with the Tunisian Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and the Acting Minister of Local Affairs and Environment, Kamal Doukh, and the head of the General Authority for Foresight and the Decentralization Process in Tunisia, Al-Munthir Bosnina, aspects of cooperation between the two brotherly countries in the field of local government and coordination in the path of decentralization and those in charge of it between the two countries. The minister also expressed readiness to help Libyan municipalities, legal aspects and technical procedures.

The media office at the Ministry of Local Government stated that aspects of cooperation in the technical fields were also discussed under the direct supervision of the two ministries, after adopting the concept of twinning effectively and activating the current programmes and projects between Wazen, Dahiba, Bin Guerdan and Zalatn.

The minister stressed the need for joint coordination between the two countries and the ministry’s endeavor to benefit from the Tunisian experience in the areas of local government and the decentralization process.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Cairo, US Ambassador and Special Envoy to Libya Richard Norland has renewed his country’s demand for immediate withdrawal of Wagner mercenaries from Libyan territories saying ‘this is necessary for Libyan to restore their sovereignty, and will not be easy, but we are exploring with our partners ways that could lead to gradual and reciprocal steps for withdrawal of these forces.’

In a long interview with the Cairo ‘Republican on Line’ Norland said the fact that he is Ambassador and Special Envoy to Libya indicated that the United States wanted to play more vital role in pushing the political process in Libya.

Norland said his vision for Libya ‘the situation is promising unlike the situation a year ago when Tripoli was heavily bombarded with artillery …the ceasefire is holding and there is a political process actively ongoing …but the situation still is fragile ..there are still thousands of mercenaries in the country, and there should be decisive measures to lay down the constitutional basis for the Dec.24 elections in accordance with the roadmap.’

Asked whether the presence of mercenaries obstruct the elections Norland said ‘the mercenaries should not be an excuse for delaying the vote, on the contrary a an empowered sovereign Libya government after the elections would be reinforce the voice of the people seeking to get these forces out …and would enable Libya to find future security partners which will respond to national security requests in a way that promote regional security instead of undermining it.’

Source: Libyan News Agency