The Public Prosecutor clarifies the date for pronouncing the ruling in the Derna disaster case

The Libyan Attorney General, Counselor Al-Siddiq Al-Sour, said yesterday, Wednesday, that the Derna Court decided to postpone the case of the Derna flood disaster for a ruling on January 11, while the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, was briefed on the work of the Reconstruction and Stabilization Committee and the Derna Reconstruction Fund and the affected areas, during a meeting with the Prime Minister assigned by the Council, Osama Hamad.

In a press conference yesterday, Wednesday, he discussed the collapse of the Derna dams as an issue of public opinion, as the disaster of the collapse of the two dams in Derna as a result of the “Daniel” storm could have been avoided, explaining that a Swiss advisory office had recommended modifications and maintenance to the two dams since 2003.

The Public Prosecution filed a criminal case against “sixteen people responsible for the 2023 Derna flood incident,” including the head of the city’s reconstruction fund and a member of the financial committee charged with implementing its reconstruction plan.

The photos confirmed that the total number of deaths recorded so far due to the floods in Derna has reached 4,540 people, including foreigners.

He explained that the mayor of Derna and a number of officials from the water resources and dams authority in the city did not bring evidence of their lack of responsibility for the disaster, stressing that all those responsible for the dams since 2003 are held responsible for the disaster, and that two officials were not subject to trial and left the country after being summoned for investigation and were placed in detention. A surveillance system will also be prepared, and a “red notice” will be prepared, which will be submitted to Interpol this week.

On the other hand, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, was briefed on the work of the Reconstruction and Stabilization Committee and the Reconstruction Fund for Derna and the affected areas, during a meeting with the Prime Minister-designate of the Council, Osama Hammad.

The meeting was attended by the Chairman of the Reconstruction and Stabilization Committee, Hatem Al-Aribi, and the Executive Director of the Reconstruction Fund for Derna and the Affected Areas, Al-Qassem Haftar.

A statement to the House of Representatives explained that the meeting held in the city of Al-Qubba reviewed the latest developments in the ongoing work throughout the country under the supervision of the Reconstruction and Stabilization Committee and the Derna Reconstruction Fund.