We do not want to transform the guardian of Turkish Cypriot property, into a businessman, but at the same time we cannot manage a 6.1 billion euro property and record deficits in the management sector, Interior Minister Nikos Nouris said.
Asked on the sidelines of the Pancyprian Seminar of Lifesaving Examiners in Larnaca about the modernized framework of management and criteria for the disposal of Turkish Cypriot properties, the Interior Minister noted that "for years the Turkish Cypriot Property Management Service was observed and simply fingered as a service, which had to deal with a number of problems, whether it was various distortions in management issues, and even in some cases, mismanagement".
The important thing, Nouris said, is that we have moved forward, in relation to the announcement I made about a year ago, in completing a number of studies." He said that on Friday he presented a comprehensive proposal before the Consultative Committee, which includes refugee and agricultural organisations, as well as all the parliamentary parties.
Its discussion, he noted, will be completed within about 15 days and the intention is to immediately submit the relevant amendment bills to the House of Representatives, "so that we can rationalize the management of Turkish Cypriot properties in a way that will serve the well-meaning interests of the refugees, but we will remove all those shadows over the management with this particular way of management, with the introduction of grading and merit criteria."
Mr. Nouris said that "of course, our ambition is that we will also cover the huge deficit that is constantly observed in management, which the Cypriot taxpayer has to pay."
He went on to clarify that "we do not want to transform the guardian into a businessman, but at the same time we cannot manage a 6.1 billion euro estate and record deficits in the management sector. These must be rationalised and this is exactly what is being achieved through the proposal that I have tabled and for which I must express my satisfaction that all the members of the Advisory Committee have expressed their satisfaction both for this initiative and for the political framework of the proposal."
Source: CNA
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