Aristos Damianou responds to the Ministry of Interior on the Akamas Local Plan.
The AKEL MP and Chairman of the Interior Committee of the Parliament notes that the announcement by the Minister of Interior calling the request of the Chairmen of the Interior and Environment Committees to submit the Akamas Local Plan under preparation by the competent public officials irresponsible, constitutes an insult to parliamentary institutions, to the House of Representatives itself.
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It underlines that "the refusal of the Minister of Interior to accept parliamentary scrutiny on an issue of utmost environmental and urban planning importance such as the protection of Akamas is an example of arrogance and eccentricity. It reinforces the suspicions expressed both within Parliament and in public."
In conclusion, he stresses that the exercise of parliamentary control, accountability and transparency are principles and values that must be respected by everyone and first and foremost by the Ministers concerned.
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