Parliament moves to abolish social support agency amid donor scrutiny

A bill to abolish the social support agency was submitted to the plenum on Thursday, bringing the future of the fund directly before parliament.

Speaking to the Cyprus Mail on Friday, independent MP Alexandra Attalides said the move was driven out apparent intransience from the executive.

“The president himself said he was considering abolishing it,” she said, adding that “when we approached the accountant-general on this matter, no such request had been made, so we proceeded accordingly.”

The proposal...