4 minutes agoUN investigation: Libya's prime minister selected by bribe
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The legalisation of Libya's new interim prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, has been questioned by a UN investigation said to have taken power after his supporters donated bribes worth $200,000 to get votes. His supporters allegedly offered him a lot of money in a hotel [...]
His supporters allegedly offered him a lot of money at a hotel in Tunis, where the meeting took place among 75 delegates tasked with choosing the new prime minister to lead a new and unified executive towards national elections to take place in November.
The investigation found that a crash occurred in the hotel corridor after several delegates learned that the bribe to their vote was lower than the one they had secretly given others. A delegate heard that the bribe had reached $500,000, writes The Guardian, translates Periscope.
The interim prime minister's office has described these claims as false and aimed at causing chaos in the political process.
The UN report is expected to be released on 15 March.
It has been found that two participants have offered bribes of between $150 thousand and $200 thousand to at least three forum participants if they promised to vote for Dbeibah.
The bribery rumors were too hot for two months. /Periscope
