(MENAFN- The Peninsula) By Sidi Mohamed / The Peninsula
The Compensation Claims Committee has received over 130 cases of requests and complaints filed by the people affected by the siege imposed by some neighbouring countries in the last two days, a source at the committee told The Peninsula.
'In the last two days, we have received more than 130 complaints and over 40 calls asking about documents required, and we expect to receive more because we have not officially announced the official opening, but we have registered all cases which came to us,, said the source.
'In the first day opening, on Monday, we received 24 cases and most of them were from companies and individuals, he added. The source also expects more branches to be open soon to serve all areas, instead of one place which is at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC).
People told The Peninsula that they want authorities to open more branches instead of one. They said people were coming from different places, so it's better if there were more than one place to serve all areas.
In its official headquarter, the committee has 10 counters to receive complaints from citizens and expatriates and it is working to make procedures easier for people.
Replying question about the work of the committee, he said that the committee's employees have to register all complaints and the complainant has to offer the required documents like property papers and invoices, and then legal committee will see all files to evaluate the damage.
Also there will be a weekly meeting for the committee to see the cases and to facilitate the work. The employees of the committee who receive the cases are legal experts.
The aim of establishing the committee, he said, is to save people's rights, to ask affected people to come to register their complaints, satisfy their queries, advising them to not listen to any rumours saying people who raise complaints would face punishments from siege countries. It is right of the affected people to ask for compensation which is guaranteed by the law.
The committee was set up to receive all cases of requests and complaints filed by those affected by the siege in the public and private sectors as well as individuals.
The Committee is chaired by the Attorney General and includes representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice as members.
It receives all claims, sort them and take decision on them and then refer them to the relevant jurisdictions, whether at the local level (the Qatari courts) or at the level of the international courts in cases requiring international arbitration through overseas law firms commissioned by the Committee to handle the claims.
Businessman lost two shipments
worth QR1m
Another resident Mohamed, representative of a company which is affected by the blockade, said that the UAE seized two shipments consisting of agricultural equipment coming from Europe
"Concerned authorities in the UAE refused to release it and said the only solution is to send back the shipment to the source country. Sending shipment back will be an additional burden as the cost will be doubled," he said. He added that, he has all the necessary documents about this, and the loss is estimated at QR1m. "Returning the shipment will cost us more, in addition to the delay in my project due to this, he added.
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