[governance] Egypt and Internet Governance

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

It would be interesting to see their State Proceedings Act. Again, this is
why the IGF must open discussions on philosophy as it precedes, policy and
law, anyway.

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Roland Perry <
roland at internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:

> In message <AANLkTink+L_kZpdbhQ_nT_WJ3q-=pFg1PFbaVJTLmKv3 at mail.gmail.com>,
> at 07:49:57 on Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> writes
>
> It is critical that in analysing and assessing the Egypt situation that a
>> few additional questions are asked ,eg.
>>
>> 1) What is the status of the regulator, is it independent or subject to
>> political pressure?
>> 2)Did Vodafone Egypt take the matter to Court, if it did, what was it
>> outcome?
>> 3)Has the judiciary gone through IG Capacity training?
>> 4)Do the Members of Parliament in Egypt have adequate understanding of the
>> value of ICT as an enabler for economic development?
>> 5)Was there a threat against Vodafone Egypt that they would have their
>> licence suspended if they did not comply and how real was that perceived
>> threat and was it enough to justify their commercial decision to retain
>> their capacity to provide other services other than as an ISP?
>> 6)Has Vodafone Egypt initiated a Judicial Review against the decision, how
>> long is it likely to take?
>> 7) In the event that Vodafone Egypt is not likely to face adequate
>> redress, are there international mechanisms in place where Vodafone Egypt
>> can find redress and would those redress be recognisable in Egypt
>>
>
> If Egypt has a completely new government in a week's time, can Vodafone
> usefully sue them for something that happened under the overthrown regime?
>
> And if the old regime continues, is it a good idea for a network to sue the
> government for failing to let them (as it would be argued) assist the
> protesters?
>
> I think they are between a rock and a hard place, either way.
> --
> Roland Perry
>
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