Libyan Public Prosecution starts investigating Health Ministry violations

The Head of the Public Prosecution Office of the Attorney General’s Office has started investigation procedures into the financial irregularities reached by the Audit Bureau’s employees, regarding the implementation of the development budget allocated to the health sector.

The investigation included an interrogation of the Minister of Health, Ali Al-Zanati, and the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, Samir Koko, regarding the failure to observe the list of administrative contracts in the sector’s contracts, and the failure to adhere to the standards for the use of contracting tools, in particular their carrying out the work of supplying oxygen generating units with an increase in the price of up to 1,000 % of the market selling price.

The accusations also include contracting by direct assignment to carry out some works after the date of their receipt from the competent department, and contracting by direct assignment with companies established on recent dates despite their lack of sufficient experience to carry out the contracted works.

After finding sufficient evidence that they committed the above, The Public Prosecutor ordered their pretrial detention pending the case.