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In the context, the Minister of Communications, Talal Hawat, stated that “the ministry is not absent from the developments of the general shutdown. Rather, it keeps up to date with the events and treats them accurately and effectively, in a fair way for the citizen”.
He explained that this process is taking place in two lines: “Fixed (Ogero) and mobile, in both parts: fixed and prepaid lines, based on the decision issued by the Cabinet after the outbreak of the October Revolution.”
Hawat explained: “The lack of payment of the bills of the land lines is not a consequence of the general conditions of closure, so the reasons for invoking the home quarantine are excluded, since the decision stipulates that the line will be disconnected from its owner if he does not pay the installments owed by him in a period of more than eight months … knowing that we are We allow him to install the value of the invoice in Ogero without having to cut the line.
He said that the “communications” quotas in billions are public funds owned by the State, which the Minister of Communications cannot lose or dispose of alone, but with the approval of the Council of Ministers as a whole … But in consideration of the conditions of the citizens and being sensitive to the economic and social crisis, I have decided to extend the decision of the 8-month grace period Despite the expiration of its term … provided that the line is disconnected if its holder exceeds the aforementioned term without resort to the option of installments or pay the full bill, and when the period of three or four months is exceeded, the service will then be limited to receiving calls and using the Internet only, while it is suspended. Call service. “
And he assured, “not to cut any lines during the current month, given that the country has entered a period of general mobilization, and that we will implement the decision once the general shutdown ends.”
Hawat confirmed that “it reached the limit, taking into account the conditions of the citizens,” Hawat asked: “Is it allowed to equate those who pay the fees owed with full responsibility and those who refrain from paying them simply because they do not want to pay and do they use arguments from here and there? “
Regarding cell phone lines, Minister Hawat assured that “recharge cards are available in supermarkets and can be obtained through the” delivery “service … while bills for landlines belonging to” Touch ”and“ Alfa ”cannot be paid at their designated site in“ Ogero ”due to their commitment to the total closure, so no fixed cell line has been disconnected, whose owner has not paid the bill due in January.
