‘Too early to judge’ success of local govt reform

It is “too early to judge” whether or not last year’s sweeping government reforms were a success, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Sunday.

He said there have been “various issues” experienced in the year since the reform was implemented, but that the government had “expected that some problems would exist due to the size of the reform”.

That notwithstanding, he highlighted the fact that with the creation of five district governments, “from 46 authorities giving planning permission, we now have five”.