Koulias did not cause a crisis, Christodoulides says

Diko MP Zacharias Koulias did not cause a crisis when he announced he was going to appoint a new auditor-general himself, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday.

“There was no institutional aberration or anything of the sort. I heard what Koulias said. I was in talks. I had not decided beforehand, before I knew whether I would have to appoint a new auditor-general or not. Would I have had thoughts or concerns without knowing? Of course not,” he said.

He said he had...