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Contractors are now accusing the government is trying to set up \u201ca legislative loophole\u201d in the Contractor's Compensation Act to not pay them, Ahram Gate reports<\/a>. The law stipulates that only contractors who have made timely deliveries on their projects would be compensated. Sahl El Damrawy, a member of the Cairo Chambers of Commerce\u2019s building division, believes that part of the reason why \u201cover 96%\u201d of contractors haven\u2019t met deadlines was because the government stopped paying them regularly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Contractors are now accusing the government is trying to set up \u201ca legislative loophole\u201d in the Contractor's Compensation Act to not pay them, Ahram Gate reports. The law stipulates that only contractors who have made timely deliveries on their projects would be compensated. 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