Incumbent caretaker Libyan Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba has continued his populist drive in an effort to buy his political future and remain in office with a spree of state handouts. At today’s tenth ordinary cabinet meeting of 2022, Aldabaiba announced:The start of payment of the Ministry of Interior, University, and higher education salaries at the new increased rates. Revealing his state handouts at today’s tenth ordinary cabinet meeting, Aldabaiba announced the continuation or the launch of ten state handouts. He made no announcements on how to reduce the footprint of the state sector in the Libyan economy and free the private sector to compete and create new revenues. Aldabaiba has shown no serious effort into dismantling the Qaddafi era rentier welfare system, but on the contrary, he has used the state system to its fullest to try to solidify his political position.
