The people of Misrata announce their rejection of the decision to impose a tax on the exchange rate and threaten to escalate the movement into civil disobedience
The movement of the people of the city of Misrata announced their rejection of Aguila Saleh’s decision to impose a tax on the sale of foreign exchange at a rate of 27%, and threatened to escalate their movement into civil disobedience, until their demands are met.
The people of Misrata explained in an official statement that they would resort to this step, because of the confusion the country is suffering from in the monetary and economic policy and the lack of a single decision by the Libyan state, due to the political conflict and the waste of money from all bodies without oversight, accountability, and lack of accountability.
In their statement, the people held all political bodies responsible for the deterioration in the citizen’s standard of living and the lack of economic stability in the country. They called on the judicial authorities to hold all political bodies, east and west, and the two governments responsible for wasting money without oversight or accountability.
The people added in their statement, saying, “We call on the Speaker of Parliament to withdraw the decision to impose a tax on the sale of foreign exchange, because of its negative burden on the citizen and the deterioration of his standard of living, and we call on the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya to develop monetary policies and radical solutions to the problem of liquidity in banks and open remittances for all purposes in order to The citizen can solve his problems, including referrals for treatment, study, etc.
The people warned that the Libyan citizen is the only one affected by the consequences of these measures, and he is the only one standing in line for long hours to receive his salary. Therefore, he wants a comprehensive solution to the monetary policies in the banks operating in Libya.
The people of Misrata expressed their disapproval of the policy of Al-Dabaiba government and the National Oil Corporation in dealing with oil revenues and bartering them in financial transactions with external parties outside the scope of the financial documentary cycle of the Libyan state, and they held the governments of Al-Dabaiba and eastern Libya responsible for the financial consequences that the country has reached and the depletion of the state’s revenues and reserves, demanding There is a need to unify the Libyan government to prevent the waste of money and the depletion of Tula reserves in the east and west.
