The President of the Republic Mr.Nikos Christodoulides had a meeting today, at the Presidential Palace, with Mr.George Arrestis, former Judge of the Supreme Court and former Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union, to whom he entrusted the preparation of a proposal to the executive for the establishment of an Advisory Council.
The establishment of an Advisory Council is included in the President's governance programme, in the framework of Participatory Democracy and Institutional Reforms.
The Advisory Council will be composed of personalities of recognised prestige and will be responsible for preparing a list of nominations to be submitted to the Executive.
In the first phase, the Advisory Council's competence will cover the appointments of the members of the Semi-State Organizations. The Executive, on the basis of the recommendations of the Advisory Council, will appoint the members of the Semi-State Agencies.
The list of persons proposed by the Advisory Council to the Executive will be drawn up through an open call for expressions of interest.
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