There can be no tolerance, if and when what has seen the light of day is documented, President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades said today in relation to the case concerning the Director of the Central Prisons and a senior police officer.
In his remarks on the sidelines of the Cyprus - Greece passenger connection ceremony at the Limassol port, and in response to a journalist's remark that there are reports claiming that the President was aware of the current situation regarding the Central Prisons case, President Anastasiades said that "I am tired of dealing with the fake news of some inventive journalists. I will refrain from making any comment.
But what I want to say is that, from the moment this case came to light and I was informed - I don't want to give adjectives - I gave explicit instructions to the Minister of Justice, to the Chief of Police - I cannot, of course, interfere with the Attorney General - that there can be no tolerance if and when what has seen the light of day is documented.
Beyond that, please, both because of my institutional role and because of the protection of constitutional rights and the fact that I also served as a lawyer somewhere and I have little knowledge of the law, I will refrain from making any comments."
(PM/SX)
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