Tetteh meets with the mayors of municipalities from western Libya.

Tripoli, 24 June 2025 (Lana): UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General Hanna Tetteh met yesterday with the mayors of Misrata, Tarhouna, Khoms, Zliten, and Qasr al-Akhyar to discuss the options put forward by the Advisory Committee, as well as the ongoing challenges faced by municipalities across Libya.

The UNSMIL stated that the mayors conveyed their support for the work of the Advisory Committee and submitted a petition to Tetteh expressing their support for inclusive dialogue involving elected municipal councils and an end to the protracted transitional phases in Libya.

According to the UNSMIL, the mayors stressed the need for effective administrative decentralization and the allocation of resources to the municipalities to support adequate service delivery and noted that the municipalities were currently underfunded. They also voiced concerns over irresponsible public spending, which they warned poses a threat to the Libyan state, and called for the adoption of clear criteria for allocations of development funds.

They noted the importance of strengthening decentralization to provide critical support for the Libyan people and the need to give representatives of the municipalities a voice and influence in political processes going forward as a guarantee against the current prevailing political impasse and divisions at the national level that, in turn, are hindering modern state building.

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