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Libya loses about US$ 12 billion annually in smuggled subsidies: Aldabaiba

bySami Zaptia
January 18, 2024
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GNU to take oath at Benghazi HoR session and budget to be approved at Tripoli session: GNU

(GNU).

During his meeting with the (elected) Local Chiefs of Libya, Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, said Libya loses about LD 60 billion (US$ 12 bn) annually in subsidies.

He said this is equivalent to half the state budget, stressing that this subsidy does not go to the average Libyan citizen, but rather a large percentage of it goes to smugglers.

Aldabaiba has announced that he is reforming the current subsidy system by paying the estimated calculated amount equivalent of fuel by every Libyan directly into their bank accounts.

Several objects have been raised by the general public to this reform, namely that the corrupt ruling elite in Libya would not actually deliver this subsidy payment into people’s accounts.

There is also a fear that the inflationary effect of removing subsidies would negate any payments made by the government.

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Aldabaiba said he will consult with the general public through conducting opinion polls and is engaging in an information campaign to sell the idea of subsidy reform.

Weak interim governments lack mandate to force subsidy reforms
It will be recalled that nearly every interim Libyan government since the February 2011 revolution that ended the Qaddafi regime has talked about subsidy reform without taking any action.

The reality is that interim governments are weak and lack the mandate to force through any unpopular reforms. Aldabaiba is too vulnerable to his political opponents, be it Khalifa Hafter or House of Representatives Speaker Ageela Saleh in the east or the various militias and political factions in the west of Libya – to force such an unpopular reform.

Ultimately, only an elected government would have the mandate to implement such a reform.

 

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