House unanimously rejects Christodoulides’ police law change

Parliament on Friday unanimously rejected a law proposed by President Nikos Christodoulides which would have allowed the police chief of the day to unilaterally appoint and promote specialist staff regardless of their qualifications.

Instead, the legislation they sent back to Christodoulides allows the police chief to appoint specialist staff under certain conditions and upon the approval of the justice minister of the day.

Christodoulides had sent the legislation back to parliament...