Our View: Kadis can thank Anastasiades if his appointment fails

Everyone in Cyprus was aware of the Pentakomo waste treatment plant scandal, which now threatens to scupper the appointment of Costas Kadis as commissioner for oceans and fisheries. Kadis, who was nominated for the post of commissioner by President Christodoulides, had nothing to do with the decision-making regarding the project, but as environment minister, for five years, until 2023, he turned a blind eye to the burying of the waste in violation of the EU’s Law of Waste and Law of Industrial Emissions.