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Seven new high-paid judges – Commercial Court and Maritime Court

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Seven new high-paid judges - Commercial Court and Maritime Court

The salary of the judges of the Commercial Court and the Maritime Court under establishment is not at all negligible.

Based on the ongoing developments, the cost that will have for the taxpayer each judge of the above bodies will reach 124,050 euros per year.

The bills under discussion which provide for the establishment of the two courts have an explicit reference to their remuneration, which, according to what is noted, will “enjoy the same pay and serve under the same conditions as the holders of positions of President of the District Of the Court “.

124,050 euros the gross

According to the data of the General Accounting Office of the Republic, the President of the District Court has as a gross annual salary of 124,050 euros (18,000 euros annual representation allowance).

5 + 2 judges

The above amount should be multiplied by the number seven, who will be the judges who will make up these judicial bodies.

The Commercial Court will have five executives, while the naval judges will be two in number.

How did it occur

It should be noted here that the establishment of a Commercial Court and a Maritime Court has been discussed in the parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs since last autumn. Under the original bill, a court with five judges would be established to judge in two parts (Commercial Court and Maritime Court).

However, in a letter to the chair of the competent parliamentary committee (08/11), the Supreme Court expressed its disagreement and expressed the position that “it is legally and practically correct for the two courts, the Commercial Court and the Maritime Court, to be established by separate legislation and exist as different jurisdictions, each exercising its own separate jurisdiction “. These positions of the Supreme Leader had provoked the reactions of deputies. It is characteristic that in a session on 10/11, Aristos Damianou (AKEL) had spoken of a “farce”, while Nikos Tornaritis (DISY) had asked “what will the naval court do if it is established as an independent court?”

Finally, after a meeting at the Presidential Palace (15/11) under the President of the Republic, Nikos Anastasiadis, the government accepted the positions of His Excellency and so Mrs. Stefi Drakou returned with new legislation.

The issue with the new judiciary was also discussed at yesterday's session of the parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs. As stated after the end of the discussion, the Minister of Justice, Stefi Drakou, will soon submit two revised bills based on the remarks and concerns expressed by MPs.

Ms. Drakou stated that in the bill for the Commercial Court there will be a wording with legal clarity that the cases she will examine will not include banking and financial issues. He explained that it was judged that there would be a delay in the administration of justice in serious commercial cases and that is why it was decided to make the relevant amendment.

He also said that the very good knowledge of both Greek and English will be added to the qualifications of judges, as long as there is the political will for the international language to exist. It should be noted that the Council of Ministers has already given the green light (19/01) for the revision of the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus, so that English can be used in both courts. This proposal concerns the amendment of Article 3 of the Constitution which defines Greek and Turkish as the official languages of the Republic. This article makes explicit provision for how and when the two official languages are used in court proceedings.

The chairman of the Committee, Nikos Tornaritis (DISY), stated that the Committee has reached final decisions and they are waiting for the revised text by the Ministry of Justice to proceed to its vote. For his part, Andreas Passiourtidis (AKEL) commented that he expects two positions to be included in the bills, with the main exception of financial disputes from the scope of the law, so that banks do not take advantage of the new shorter procedure that does not have the valves. the district courts have, as a result of which the rights of the borrowers are violated.

Storrs would be happy

Kostis Efstathiou (EDEK) once again spoke about the issue of language, which in a previous session he had characterized as sacred. He said that the Greek language should be protected, stating that it is endangered through the amendment of the Constitution that is being attempted by the government in order for the Commercial Court to function. He said he had a strong objection. He added that the citizen can not be tried in a language other than his mother tongue. He spoke of an unacceptable fact, saying that if the English governor Storrs, who wanted to abolish the Greek language in Cyprus in the 1930s, lived, he would be very happy.

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Source: politis.com.cy

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