"Touch" building .. New scandals to the public!

Entitled "Touch" building … new scandals, writes the newspaper "NewNew scandals regarding the purchase of a building in downtown Beirut for the operator of one of the two cellular networks were revealed during the session yesterday. of the Parliamentary Committee on Communication. Although the committee is supposed to be the only link between the ministry and the two companies, in addition to being a "supporter of the Lebanese people," said committee chairman Hussein al-Haj Hbadan, who concluded that "The problem is clear, there are those who want to make a political decision, He asked: Is this sector reserved for influential personalities or is it a sector B of the Lebanese Treasury and Lebanese? "

The biggest scandal was a lease clause stipulating that the termination of the contract by the state at the end of the tenth contractual year (that is, the end of the contract) was an arbitrary act that would cause a serious prejudice to the first part and would give entitlement to rent allowances! This point has been established so that the value of the penalty clause is irrevocable by any court or arbitral tribunal. Approval

Some of the questions put to the Committee were: Why was it not necessary to declare the need to rent a building? And how four offers came without advertising? And how do these offers include space without the price? Why an offer to compare the specifications and prices of each company, if any? Why was Solidere chosen to host the building?

Haj Hbadan recalled the objections regarding the rent of the building, which had been raised during a previous session. Yesterday, Choucair said he had four options and an option to buy (Choucair is holding a press conference today to discuss the circumstances of the case).

In the end, the committee made no recommendations, but MP Jamil al-Sayyed called for the creation of a parliamentary inquiry commission on the issue of leasing and l & # 39; 39 purchase of the building, which would involve all parties involved. A number of parties tend to go ahead with this proposal, but it was not put to the vote because of the quorum, although it was decided to close the debate at the meeting on 2 September.