On the situation in the Central Prisons, on the occasion of the report delivered to the Minister of Justice by the Public Prosecutor's Office, Aristos Damianou, MP of AKEL, refers in a written statement.
"We wonder, what exactly does the Minister of Justice want to study?" the today's written statement by the Minister for study and similar actions.
"The reaction of the Minister of Justice and Public Order to the public statement of the Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General and to what is authoritatively published by the media -again- about the dangerous situation in the Central Prison, is far below the circumstances. When your house collapses you don't do structural adequacy studies. Ms. Drakos' statement that she will study and see how she will act is indicative of her true intentions. The governors do not want - even in this case - to stand up to corruption. They did the same thing with the gold passports; they are doing the same thing with the illegal activities of former Israeli agents. Because they are themselves part of the problem," Damianou says.
AKEL, he says, has been publicly positioning itself and warning for years about the real situation in the penitentiary. "We spoke in good time about an attempt to cover up and embellish the real picture which is extremely dangerous. Last July we called on all those co-responsible to come forward instead of hiding. We took the matter to the Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament to hold everyone to account in an attempt to initiate a genuine clean-up, accountability, cleansing and punishment. We are concerned about the power games and intrigue between the Police and the Prison Management. We demand full investigation and transparency."
"All this should have triggered the political reflexes of those in power. Instead, they are trying to manage what looks like a cover-up. If the competent Minister does not act immediately, the responsibility will inevitably be transferred to her and the Anastasiades-DISY government," he stresses.
In conclusion, he notes that yesterday, "although selective in their handling of other findings where they imposed a blackout (Co-operation, spy van) the Attorney General and the Assistant Attorney General referred, among other things, to an uncontrolled and extremely dangerous situation that creates risks to the safety and lives of people inside and outside the Prison with serious implications for public safety and order".
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