Hadi Fornaji
Tripoli, 14 April 2013:
Payments by the state to widows, divorcées and the disabled are to be doubled following a vote . . .[restrict]today by the GNC.
Congress, acting on a recommendation from its Social Affairs committee, agreed to raise the monthly sum paid out to these three groups from LD225 to LD450. In addition, the payment to which every Libyan family is entitled, is being doubled to LD150 a month. It is understood that the money will come from the Solidarity Fund.
Congress has yet to implement child benefit payments of LD100 a month, on which it has agreed. The money will be paid until children reach the age of 18. [/restrict]
