The Minister of Communication, Hamid Grine, pointed out, after Algiers Printing Society (SIA) prohibited the publishing of Echorouk newspaper, that this act is “purely commercial affair”.
The official highlighted, in an interview with National Radio 3, that the newspaper have doubts, estimated at 60 milliards towards the state-owned printing houses, adding that this latter used to be so flexible and tolerant providing enough time to the newspaper to settle its unpaid debts but all this efforts were in vain.
Contacted by the General Manager of Echorouk, Grine called him to cooperate with these printing houses which are “helping them to pay back the debts”, advising him to schedule a timeline and respect it as well as avoid playing on the patience of the printers given that Echorouk newspaper is apparently an outstanding newspaper.