After almost 13 years, a proposal for a law on the identification of holders of prepaid mobile phones will be submitted to the Plenary.[/B] The debate had begun in 2009 and in 2020, while it was about to be tabled in the House, it was withdrawn. Now, the debate that started today, according to the MPs members of the Transport Committee, will be completed and the Motion will go to the Plenary for a vote or no vote.
Committee Chairman Marinos Mousiuttas said that this Bill had been tabled by Angelos Votsios and George Prokopiou in a previous session, with the debate starting in 2009. He said that the Proposal had reached its final stages but for reasons he did not know, it was not referred for a vote in the Plenary.
He said that this Law Proposal, regardless of whether one agrees or disagrees with its content, will soon be put to the Plenary, where the parties will have the opportunity to position themselves positively or negatively.
The Proposal states that for prepaid cards there will be some information that the holder will have to give where the card is purchased so that identification can be done. With this identification, he said, unwanted phone calls would be reduced and the police in the fight against crime.
AKEL MP Valentinos Fakontis said that in 2020 the Proposal was ready to be brought to the plenary session and for some reasons this did not happen. The Proposal must be brought to the plenary session either for a vote or for a vote against," he said, noting that whatever problems have been raised by providers, there are practical and technical ways to address them.
DIKO MP Chrysanthos Savvidis said that once again we are witnessing a bill that has been pending for many years, since 2009.
We understand the financial aspect that companies may pay by losing customers, but on the other hand we have to think that we are contributing to the fight against crime, Savvidis said and expressed hope that the bill will soon be before the plenary for a vote.
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