Our View: President’s police appointment law did not even merit discussion

The House plenum on Friday unanimously rejected the president’s referral of the law giving the power to the chief of police to appoint a person of his/her choice as a specialist member of the force. The law, which was drafted by Edek deputy Costis Efstathiou and approved by the House on April 11, was considered unconstitutional on several counts by the state’s legal service which advised the president to send it back.

This peculiar law refers specifically to ‘rescuers’ and ‘winch operators’ on police aircraft...