Our View: Why are football clubs above the law?

Cyprus will be setting a world first if the government’s bill aimed at rewarding football clubs for systematically breaking the law is approved by the legislature. Some deputies expressed reservations when the finance ministry’s bill was discussed at the House finance committee, but no party has taken a definite stand against this state-inspired insanity. That a government could come up with a law proposal that makes a complete mockery of rule of law is beyond belief.

According to this bill...