Telecoms Issue on Cabinet Agenda in a Month after Harb Completes File
The thorny telecoms file will not be addressed during Thursday's cabinet meeting because Premier Tammam Salam has asked Telecommunications Minister Butros Harb to complete the file and return it back to the cabinet in a month for discussions, ministerial sources told al-Liwaa daily.
The sources assured that the file has not been overlooked as alleged by some and added that Harb, who is currently outside the country, will present on time an integrated report as requested.
Conflicts linger between Harb on one hand and foreign Minister Jebran Bassil and Education Minister Elias Bou Saab on the other over what reports said is linked to personal gains over the telecoms file.
The telecommunications sector file and demands to replace OGERO Telecom chief Abdul Menhem Youssef over corruption claims consumed much of the cabinet session that was held last week.
Discussions were supposed to tackle renewing the contracts of the two mobile service providers and the file of the illegal internet supply network that was uncovered in March.
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