Monrovia – The LonestarCell/MTN ‘three-day free call’ controversy is deepening with the GSM Company invoking the intervention of the Supreme Court of Liberia, calling on the nation’s highest court to prohibit the House of Representatives’ order on them to restore the three-day unlimited call promotion in full scale. Notwithstanding, Petitioner has neither abolished its Promotional Program nor passed the added tax on to its subscribers. On the contrary, Petitioner has simply changed the component of its Promotional Program from unlimited minutes to limited minutes,” the petition asserted. “Petitioner says Respondent’s mandate to Petitioner to restore the unlimited component of its Promotional Program violates the free market system to which Liberia subscribes. Furthermore, Respondent’s mandate is unconstitutional because it infringes on the Separation of Powers Doctrine, as the regulation of the Telecommunication Industry, by law, is reserved to the Liberia Telecommunications Authority, an agency of the Executive Branch of Liberia,” the petition added.

Source: Front Page Africa January 27, 2017 01:49 UTC