It is indeed with great pleasure that I am among you to inaugurate this building, which after its restoration will house the Administrative Tribunal.
I am thrilled because in the early stages of my legal practice, being then a lawyer specialised in maritime law, I was frequently present, given that the then Supreme Court also had maritime law within its jurisdiction and almost on a daily basis between 1978 and 1982 I was in this historic building with the distinguished judges of the Supreme Court.
I am glad because during my presidency, in full cooperation with you, we have achieved what every citizen expected from the state, namely the rationalization, the reform of the judicial system, which was achieved gradually, initially by increasing the number of judges, Subsequently, with the creation of the Administrative Court, the Commercial Court, the Maritime Court recently, the modernisation of family law and the major reform that defines the overall picture of the new system of justice in our country, with the establishment of new structures of the Supreme Court and the creation of the Court of Appeal.
And I look forward that through the same cooperation we will be able to achieve a goal. In two, three or four years at the latest, to reach the rates of justice that you first want and of course the state is interested in really delivering justice in a short period of time to be seen as delivering justice.
As the government of the country we have made sure that building-wise, in addition to the reforms that we have achieved in close cooperation, to see that the venues for the administration of justice, equally meet the expectations of every citizen and the needs in particular.
So we have proceeded with building (renovations) such as Pafos, Paralimni, the present building, the design of the new Nicosia District Court. Unfortunately, I am not in the happy position to say that during my time, despite the fact that it was our intention, nevertheless many events contributed to it being somewhat delayed, but we are at a stage advanced enough for that to succeed as well.
At the same time I do not fail to mention i-justice which is already being implemented and e-justice which I hope that it is only a matter of time before it is implemented, which will certainly contribute to the faster, more efficient work of judges, so that everyone feels that the prestige of justice is at the high level that is recognised today and in this way there will be a feeling that there are judges in Nicosia. This is a paraphrase of "there are judges in Athens."
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