Senator Johnny Kpehe of Bong County has strongly opposed any new company taking over calls monitoring in the country. He said the best option would be to renegotiate the existing contract with TIA (Telecommunication International Alliance.
He said the preferred option would be to renegotiate or review and place the necessary clauses that will benefit the country. He made the statement on Wednesday on Capitol Hill to journalists.
His call comes against the backdrop of a plan by the LTA to cancel an existing agreement it has with the Telecommunication International Alliance (TIA) due to irregularities.
His statement was in line with that of the Vice President of Liberia, Hon. Jeremiah K. Koung, when he appeared on state radio on Monday. The Vice President said the cancellation of any contract by a government sends a negative signal to the business community.
He said, “This is not a good practice for any serious government. I think the best thing to do is to renegotiate so that the country will benefit. The joint committee has already made its recommendations to the president, and we are waiting,” he said.
Several companies with which the government signed agreements are under the radar due to what officials considered “irregularities” in those agreements.
For instance, the government of Liberia last year issued an Executive Order, ordering the suspension of the-Telecommunication International Alliance-TIA/LTA deal.
Senator Kpehe said that the best thing any nation can do is to renegotiate the contract and do the needful required as required by law.
According to him, the joint committee of both houses recommended for its renegotiation, but the LTA has decided to bring a new company into the market to replace it. Also, Minister of Justice, Cllr Oswald Tweh expressed his opposition to the cancelation of the contract.
He spoke generally on contracts. He added, Liberia is obliged to have these deals in place because anything contrary will have negative impact, and will scare investors, as doing so would put the country in an awkward position of being unreliable.
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