The discomfort over the leak of names from the list of 15 people proposed by the Advisory Council to make up the Anti-Corruption Authority, expressed the head of the Advisory Council and former judge George Arrestis.
Speaking to State TV, he said that MPs did not respect the law which they themselves voted for, and questioned whether they wanted it to work.
He expressed particular annoyance at the fact that there was talk of party criteria. "The hairs on the back of my head are standing up," he said. "There was no interference and we were very careful not to select persons who had party involvement. We don't know which party any of the fifteen belong to. There was no interference," he stressed.
He also added that the statements of two MPs were inflated, while the majority of MPs supported the work of the Council.
At the same time, he reiterated that after the leak there was a reaction from some, which he expected to inform the President of the Republic, while leaving open the possibility that some people expressed the desire to withdraw from the list.
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