RE: WHY CAN'T PITA DO MORE ??? RE: There is hope..., Al-Quds news

["Marwan Totah" <totah@bisan.com>]

I disagree.

On 7 May 2001, at 19:17, Ibrahim Barham wrote:

> Dear Board
> 
> I recommend that we in the board to stop writing about this subject
> until we receive a reply from the minister of justice. It was too bad
> that some members start speaking about a name of a company who is
> member in PITA or even if it's not a member in PITA without any legal
> document stating that this company was involved in any corruption
> business. What we did in the board with sending the letter to the
> minister of justice was the max that any one could do. As all of you
> remember, we decided in the former board not to interfere in any
> member business, and here we are speaking about very serious problem
> that is already handled by the higher legal person who is the minister
> himself. Moreover, we can not ask any company or member for a reply
> about a legal case unless there is already a decision from the court,
> it's not our business.  For that reason, I am asking you all to stop
> writing about this subject abroad the board mailing list and to wait
> for the feedback from the minister.
> 
> And the best thing that we all can concentrate on is the procurement
> policies and the future business.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Ibrahim
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Information [mailto:info@p-i-s.com]
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 10:35 PM
> To: Board of PITA
> Cc: abudaka@pita-palestine.org
> Subject: RE: WHY CAN'T PITA DO MORE ??? RE: There is hope..., Al-Quds
> news
> 
> 
> Dear all,
>          The point is we don't have any formal documents except
>          hearsay,
> The best approach to deal with this issue is a formal investigation by
> PITA in an organized way just like what we did with Galaxy and Anera,
> but again where is the documents and where is PITA ethical conduct, I
> mean do we have in PITA something that say if you bribe your way to a
> bid you will be expelled ? Let's not be emotional about this, I have
> seen the documents and I know for fact that this was just pure highway
> robbery, but if I was challenged to prove I would have hard time. So
> if we are going to proceed with this issue, lets us gather all the
> facts that we have and decide exactly what do we want to do what do we
> want to achieve.
> 
> At 09:59 ã 06/05/01, Marwan Totah wrote:
> >Dear all,
> >
> >I stated my position in the board meeting yesterday, but here it is
> >again:
> >
> >- Pita was created to collectively fight cases like this... and we
> >can't simply pass this opportunity with a thank you letter to Abu
> >Mideen.
> >
> >- All Members should be involved, and be verbal so we can make a dent
> >in this corrupt system...a general meeting to discuss this case is IN
> >ORDER.
> >
> >- HP was not officially named, but we all know they are somehow
> >involved, and should be invited to clarify their position...once we
> >have the facts from their side, we can ALL either stand with them if
> >they did not do any wrong, or take whatever steps needed to clarify
> >Pita's position.
> >
> >- Pita's credibility (members & board) is at stake here...how we
> >handle this case will justify (at least to me) why we have Pita, and
> >how much each of us stands for the principles we agreed to when we
> >joined.
> >
> >I ask Dr. Mashhour to invite HP preferably earlier than saturday, but
> >if that fails, I go with the suggested Saturday meeting.
> >
> >Yours,
> >
> >
> >-------------------------
> >Marwan Totah
> >Bisan Systems Ltd.
> >Email: totah@Bisan.com
> >Tel: +970 2 298-5941
> >Fax: +970 2 298-5942
> 
> 



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Marwan Totah
Bisan Systems Ltd.
Email: totah@Bisan.com
Tel: +970 2 298-5941
Fax: +970 2 298-5942