A major holistic overhaul of the islands judiciary must be completed immediately in light of the data presented in the 2022 EU Justice Scoreboard, which placed Cyprus last in Europe when it comes to the huge amount of time it takes to push cases through the courts.
In a written statement, Justice Minister Stephi Drakou noted that once again there was a need to promote the bills pending before the House legal affairs committee.
As a government, she added, in recent years we have exhausted all scope for dialogue and discussion both with the parliamentary parties and with all stakeholders.
At the same time, Drakou said that in the areas where reform projects were progressing, the image of Cyprus in Europe was improving, noting that in the case of introducing technology to the courts, Cyprus managed to move up from bottom place to 13th place.
“The time has come for the final decisions to be made and the last word belongs to the parliamentary parties,” Drakou said.
However, the justice minister added that we must give citizens what rightfully belongs to them, the timely and qualitative administration of justice.
In closing, Drakou appealed to the political forces to proceed swiftly with the passage of the bills.
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