100 million dinars to address southern bottlenecks
Libya – The Council of Ministers of the Libyan government issued Decision No. 237 of 2026 forming a “Crisis Committee for the Southern Region”, citing in its preamble the Constitutional Declaration of 3 August 2011 and its amendments, the political agreement signed on 17 December 2015, the State Financial System Law and the Budget, Accounts and Stores Regulation and their amendments, Law No. 12 of 2010 on labour relations and its executive regulation, House of Representatives Decision No. 2 of 2022 approving the ministerial line-up, Decision No. 8 of 2023 tasking a head of government, Decision No. 7 of 2012 approving the organisational structure and administrative apparatus of the Council of Ministers’ office, Decision No. 383 of 2023 delegating some powers to its president, and the requirements of the public interest.
Sub-committees in southern municipalities
Article 1 provides for forming a Crisis Committee for the Southern Region, while Article 2 requires forming a subsidiary crisis committee in each municipality of the southern region, chaired by the mayor and including representatives of public sectors and service bodies.
Mechanism to identify needs and ease bottlenecks
Article 3 sets out the mechanism and procedures for addressing bottlenecks and providing the needs required for public services. The sub-committees are to identify and define the needs and bottlenecks facing each municipality and its sectors according to their local remit, rank them by priority and urgency, and refer them to the Minister of Local Government.
The Minister of Local Government is to refer the needs identified by the sub-committees to the secretary of the Crisis Committee formed under Article 1. The Crisis Committee is responsible for reviewing the bottlenecks and needs referred to it, studying them in a meeting attended by all its members, and taking decisions on them.
Allocation of 100 million dinars
Under Article 4, the Ministry of Planning and Finance is authorised to allocate and release 100,000,000 dinars — one hundred million dinars — to the Crisis Committee, charged against the miscellaneous item, to be spent on the purposes set out in the schedule attached to the decision, without exceeding the amounts calculated for each item.
Article 5 requires appointing a financial controller for the committee to exercise his powers under applicable legislation, and authorises the committee to open a bank account on which the committee chair and the financial controller are authorised to sign.
Committee’s work ends at the close of 2026
Article 6 sets the end of the committee’s work at the close of the current financial year 2026, requiring it to close its bank account, complete the necessary financial settlements and submit a detailed report. Article 7 provides that the decision takes effect from the date of its issuance, that any conflicting provision is repealed, and that the competent bodies are to implement it.
