"Shura" Saudi Arabia refused to cancel the Ministry of Communications Today, Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Dropped the Saudi Shura Council's recommendation to cancel the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and sufficiency Authority communications, and, after accusations of the ministry to move "slowly" towards technology, as well as terms of reference cross with the body, and the number of members emphasized that the abolition of the ministry lies in the rationalization of government expenditure, and its performance is weak, and unable to for the operation of 247 posts have been vacant for years.
A member of the Shura Council's monthly Hassan had made the recommendation to the Council, "The recommendation is to study the feasibility of the importance of this ministry and continuity in government, in the presence of the Communications and Information Technology entrusted the work of the communications and technology."
He added, in remarks published by the newspaper "Life" Arabia, "after he was converted and the Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephone to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology was supposed to adapt to its new status, but unfortunately it is through the answers to their delegates to us in the Council note the" bugs "in it, it has a several systems of employment and the terms of operation and other experts and others, and suffer from the problem of employment as to have 247 posts vacant from years of government can not find from the occupied. "
He said that the monthly "salary employment in which (Ministry of Communications) high up as the expert's salary to 80 thousand per month, and the expert who is hired can not do without it in the post, and call for a feasibility study and the presence or not."
For his part, said Council member Mohamed Alqoihs The tasks of the ministry shrink from time to time, and in the future there will be a future role, it is better to be canceled and is integrated with the body and associated remodeling of the High as do other bodies independent such as the Anti-Corruption Commission and the General Authority for Tourism and Antiquities.
He drew Council member Salem Al Marri, sharply criticized the Ministry of Communications, confirming that it is entirely absent from what is happening in the telecommunications sector, the exploitation of citizens to raise prices and poor service provided, in addition to the huge profits generated by, as he emphasized User Hamad judge during his speech that as a matter of rationalization must be repealed because they do not deserve to be a ministry.
A member of the Advisory Council Salem Al-Qahtani that members do not know anything about the ministry abroad, only to have them distributed a report of the Council, supporting the recommendation of cancellation.
It was about 50 members voted not to put confidence in the recommendation, which called for a feasibility study on the abolition of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, A member of the Committee on Transport, Communications and Information Technology Fahad Al-Abood that the number of members see the progress of its work is slow, especially in electronic transactions and other observations, but the Commission does not see the acceptance of this recommendation.