By Sami Zaptia
Tripoli, 21 August 2013:
Speaking before the GNC yesterday, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan defended his decision to continue paying military brigades.
With regards to the controversial decision to pay the LD 900 million to the Dera (Shield) brigades in delayed salaries, the Prime Minister said that he had followed the right protocol.
Congress had agreed to this payment which he had referred to the Ministry of Finance which in turn had transferred payment to the accounts of the military, he said.
It was the Chief of Staff at the time that had decided to pay the Dera (Shield) brigades, Zeidan said.
The decision to pay out such a large sum was deemed as controversial at the time as the government was claiming it was agreeing to widespread public demands to breakup the various brigades and force them to join the official police and army individually.
The move to pay nearly a billion dinars to the brigades was seen as either a weakness of the authorities or a conspiracy by them to extend the life of the brigades. Questions were being asked as to who controls who viz-a-viz the GNC and government on one hand and the militias on the other.
Moreover, the figure of LD 900 was questioned by many. Critics suspect that many members of the various brigades were receiving more than one payment and many were not working at all. The government had introduced a computerised database in an effort to cut duplication and fake claims for payment.
Continuing on the same topic, Zeidan told the GNC yesterday that ”If it were decided to stop the wages of those who are not turning up for work from the army and security forces, the decision has to be taken jointly by the GNC and the government”.
libya herald.
Tripoli, 21 August 2013:
Speaking before the GNC yesterday, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan defended his decision to continue paying military brigades.
With regards to the controversial decision to pay the LD 900 million to the Dera (Shield) brigades in delayed salaries, the Prime Minister said that he had followed the right protocol.
Congress had agreed to this payment which he had referred to the Ministry of Finance which in turn had transferred payment to the accounts of the military, he said.
It was the Chief of Staff at the time that had decided to pay the Dera (Shield) brigades, Zeidan said.
The decision to pay out such a large sum was deemed as controversial at the time as the government was claiming it was agreeing to widespread public demands to breakup the various brigades and force them to join the official police and army individually.
The move to pay nearly a billion dinars to the brigades was seen as either a weakness of the authorities or a conspiracy by them to extend the life of the brigades. Questions were being asked as to who controls who viz-a-viz the GNC and government on one hand and the militias on the other.
Moreover, the figure of LD 900 was questioned by many. Critics suspect that many members of the various brigades were receiving more than one payment and many were not working at all. The government had introduced a computerised database in an effort to cut duplication and fake claims for payment.
Continuing on the same topic, Zeidan told the GNC yesterday that ”If it were decided to stop the wages of those who are not turning up for work from the army and security forces, the decision has to be taken jointly by the GNC and the government”.
libya herald.
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