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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The Minister of Information says his Ministry is the institution that requested the governance cluster to approve more than 4 million dollars to appeal against a foreign court demanding the country to pay Vivacell 1 billion US dollars in reparation.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the Cabinet Affairs Minister, Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro told the State-owned SSBC on Tuesday [January 17, 2023] that it is the Justice Ministry that will be granted the amount to appeal against the case.<\/p>\n

Makuei said the Information Ministry only consulted and sought the approval of both the Justice and Finance ministries respectively.<\/p>\n

He clarified the matter to Eye Radio in an exclusive interview Wednesday afternoon [January 18, 2023].<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was not the ministry of justice that made the appeal but the minister of information that made the appeal. The appeal was done by us after obtaining a letter of no objection from the ministry of justice as well from the ministry of finance,\u201d said Makuei.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made this presentation to the governance cluster and the governance cluster approved it, pending presentation to the cabinet when it meets,<\/p>\n

\u201cThe correction here is that the amount, which is being claimed, which we were fighting against is $1 billion and the $4 million point something which was approved was for the court fees as well as for advocate fees for an appeal against a decision of an arbitrator with whom we had a case with the Vivacell or Al-Fattouch Group.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vivacell had sued the government on claims that the Information, Telecommunication, and Postal Services stopped its operation, yet it had the operational license fee that waived every tax.<\/p>\n

The telecom company demanded $3.5 billion dollars in a lawsuit, but an appeal is now costing the government $1 billion dollars.<\/p>\n

However, the government still intends to defend this amount of appeal.<\/p>\n

Makuei said the deadline for the appeal elapsed on January 16, but the government has requested for more time.<\/p>\n

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