Alma Questions Government Role in Selecting Mafia State Investigators

Alma questions government role in selecting Mafia State investigators

Alma has called for criminal investigators examining the findings of the Mafia State report to be selected by the independent anti-corruption authority rather than by the cabinet, arguing that the process must be free from both actual and perceived conflicts of interest. The intervention came after government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed that the government intends to appoint a team of independent criminal investigators to assess…

Anastasiades Calls for an Independent Criminal Investigator into ‘Mafia State’

NICOSIA – The Independent Anti-Corruption Authority’s report on the book ‘Mafia State’ written by journalist Makarios Drousiotis which was made public on June 16 has evoked a political earthquake in Cyprus. The book attributes responsibility for questionable actions and possible criminal offenses to a number of individuals, including former President Nicos Anastasiades. Anastasiades has called for an independent criminal investigation into all a…

The stain is enormous, even without ‘Mafia State’, Nikos Anastasiades

It was a grand performance. Drenched in legalese, he took on everyone: the Independent Authority Against Corruption, the inspectors who conducted the Mafia State investigation, all his enemies at home and abroad, and Drousiotis himself. In the end, he alone, flawless and infallible, pronounced judgment. Everyone else is lying. Everyone else is wrong. But the biggest mistake, ironically, was his own. He still hasn’t grasped that society couldn’t …