The Committee on Institutions continued on Wednesday the debate on the proposal for a law amending the President's Act, Ministers and Members of Parliament of the Republic of Cyprus (Declaration and Control of Property) Law and constitutes a consolidation of a number of bills that were tabled and debated during the outgoing Parliamentary Session. In particular, the text of the proposed law incorporates provisions of those proposals that were accepted by the Committee under its present composition.
A press release from the Parliament states that the proposed law aims to streamline the existing legislative framework on the filing of paternity and to fill gaps and other dysfunctions observed during its practical implementation.
During the meeting, the Chairman of the Committee summarised the conclusions drawn from the discussions held on the subject in five sessions of the Committee, concluding that the text of the draft law under discussion needs to be revised in order to incorporate a provision relating to the electronic submission of the declaration provided for the persons liable and to ensure the uniformity of the data submitted.
Individual issues were also discussed, with the ultimate aim of improving the entire system for checking the correctness of the content of the declaration, and institutional constitutional issues relating to the need to ensure the separation of powers in the context of the proposed amendment to the law were discussed.
The Commission reserved the right to come back after the revision of the draft law and the submission of a new text in accordance with the above.
With regard to the Candidate Assessment for Appointment to the Public Service Amendment Act, a Bill was considered which includes a provision to make it mandatory to conduct a written examination both for those admission posts whose initial pay scale does not exceed Scale A9 of the Government Pay Scale and for those admission posts whose initial pay scale does not exceed Scale A11 of the Government Pay Scale.
The Committee will return at a forthcoming meeting to consider any proposed amendments from members of the House before advancing this proposed legislation for a vote in the House.
[/B][/P][BR][BR]Source: CNA
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