In statements after the session, Democratic Party MP Marinos Mousiuttas said that the party has proposed a law to the competent legal committee of the Parliament to amend the Constitution in order to implement by law the immunity of MPs.
"Our intention will continue in the debate we will have on the issue because we believe that an elected MP should be exclusively engaged in his/her parliamentary duties, he/she will know before running for office that a price to pay for being in the House of Representatives will be to abstain by law from any profession or use of his/her name in any business," he said, adding that this would enhance transparency.
Positioned against views that such an arrangement would create a "House of the rich or House of the old", Musiuttas said that "in other government offices, such as Minister, Deputy Minister or Commissioner, professional activity is prohibited, and yet it is not only the old or unemployed or former civil servants who serve. It is on this basis that the debate will continue and I hope and pray that soon there will be an opportunity to debate it in the Legal Affairs Committee, where the constitutional amendment will proceed."
The MP of the Movement of Ecologists, Alexandra Attalidou said that the Institutions Committee continued its examination of the service plans, qualifications and ways in which the citizens of the Republic of Cyprus are recruited in the public service.
The Parliamentary Committee continued its examination of the service plans, qualifications and ways in which the citizens of the Republic of Cyprus are recruited in the public service. Attalidou welcomed the acceptance of the Committee's discussion of the ex-officio matter concerning the transfer of large share capital of Cyprus-based companies in relation to the financial sanctions imposed by the EU on natural and legal persons as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"There are already many publications abroad and I think that the Institutions Committee should examine what is happening and we should invite the Ministry of Finance, which with its own team is monitoring the implementation of the sanctions, so that MPs and the Parliament know what is really happening," he added.
Source: CNA
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