Auditor-general to object removal bid in court

Lawyers for Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides will on Friday file with the court their objection to an application by the attorney-general’s office to have the official removed from office.

Media reports said the formal objection consists of 75 pages. It’s a routine move – in late April the attorney-general had filed his application to have Michaelides removed from office on the grounds of “conduct unbecoming”. Michaelides had 21 days in which to file a response. The deadline lapses on Friday.