Slowly But Surely With Seif Al-Islam

April 2007 | Political Risk Analysis

Seif al-Islam's increasing prominence in public policy making and the external front is a positive for Libyan reform prospects and development. The son of the leader, Colonel Muammar Qadhafi has been praised by powers such as the US for his moderate stance on the case of the Bulgarian nurses convicted in Libya, promising that they will not be executed and trying to find a mutually acceptable solution. On the home front, he was the official designated to announce large rises in public sector salaries - 110% for civil servants and 275% for oil sector workers - and social welfare allowances

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