Either some people will comply or sporting events will be held without spectators, President of the Republic Nicos Christodoulides said today.
In his statements to reporters, coming to the ceremony of laying the foundation stone for the chapel of St. Basil and Agia Agapis, in Ayia Napa, and to a remark by a journalist that he had said he would study the findings on the incidents yesterday, the President of the Republic said "yes, I studied it last night and tomorrow we will have very concrete decisions. Enough of the unacceptable things we have seen that do not honour any of us. Tomorrow specific decisions will be taken.
Everyone must take responsibility and after the decisions we will ensure that they are implemented.
I repeat, these phenomena that we saw in basketball, not a basketball match because we did not see a match, we saw only aberrations, cannot be repeated in Cyprus.
There are many responsibilities and everyone must take responsibility".
Asked if responsibilities will be attributed or should be taken, the President of the Republic said "of course, this will be done tomorrow at the Council of Ministers, there will be a discussion on the basis of the reports that we have before us and from our side, as the executive, indeed we are at the beginning of our term of office, we will take very specific decisions. Enough of this issue. It was discussed, it was discussed again, every time after the incidents there are meetings, meetings again. It is the time for decisions."
Asked if the report he studied identified responsibilities for the leadership of the Police, the President said "allow me to discuss the issue tomorrow in the Council of Ministers, in the presence of the relevant Minister, and you will hear our announcements."
In response to a journalist's remark that the Government is determined to "put the knife to the bone", President Christodoulides said that "what we have seen does not honour anyone. Think if there was a victim, think of a family, parents, taking their children to watch a basketball game. Would you do that? I would never do it. Are these the stadiums we want?"
Either some people will comply, or all games will be played without any spectators. It's just the way things are."
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