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The Parliament rejected the impeachment of the President for appointments and promotions in the Police

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Η Βολor απρριψεπομπor του Ποδγιομοσπρο αγωγσστηναστυνομiα /></p> <p> </source> </p> <p>The Plenary of the Parliament, in an extraordinary session, unanimously rejected the impeachment on behalf of the President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides to the law he passed on April 11 and provides the possibility for the Chief of Police to appoint and promote rescuers and winch operators of the Police aircraft who do not hold a university degree.</p> <p>The law passed by the Parliament amended the Law on Police, giving the<strong> discretion to the Chief of Police,</strong> upon approval by the Minister of Justice and Public Order, < strong>to appoint under conditions any member of the </strong><strong>Police</strong>s as a specialized member of it.</p> <p><strong>The grounds for impeachment </strong>refer, among other things, to <strong>issues of unconstitutionality and provisions </strong>which fundamentally disturb the legal as well as the jurisdictional structure of the bill, by introducing conflicting and contradictory provisions in a way that violates constitutional provisions. It is also reported that the provision of the possibility to the Chief of Police continues to lead to unequal treatment, since a new appointment procedure is still being created for the position of specialized members of the police force specializing in rescuers and winch operators, which is aimed solely at the more favorable treatment of existing members of the Police of this specialty.</p> <p>It is also stated that this amendment<strong> inevitably burdens the budget</strong> in violation of Article 80.2 of the Constitution.</p> <p>At the same time, in the citation it is noted that with this specific legislative provision “the House of Representatives usurped the powers of the Executive Power, which has the essential authority to decide on the appointments of members of the Police, which obligation is of an administrative nature”.</p> <p> < p>This legislative imperative, it is added<strong>, interferes with the powers of the executive power, </strong>in a way that violates the constitutional Principle of Separation of Powers, since the executive power is constitutionally privileged to exercise an administrative function and to decide on the exercise of general policy.</p> <p>In his deposition before the Plenary, the individual socialist Member of Parliament<strong> Kostis Efstathiou,</strong> who had proposed the specific law that was passed, said that<strong> in the impeachment there are issues that are not correct. </strong>He noted that with the law an attempt was made to have equal treatment of people who serve in the Police and have an education title that cost hundreds of thousands, with their colleagues who have an academic title. Something like this, as he said, does not promote the principle of equality but cures it.</p> <p>He also said that the possibility is given to the Chief of Police, if he wishes, to appoint or promote and that this possibility is not in no case of enforcement. He also said that apparently there will be a provision in the budget for these positions since the police leadership is operating legally.</p> <p>Mr. Efstathiou also mentioned that the worst reason put forward is what is referred to as usurpation of powers of the executive power by the Parliament, which means that the Parliament cannot have a legislative initiative on matters of executive power. This, he said, is reminiscent of the legislative council during colonial times whose sole duty was to vote on the governor's bills.</p> <p>He noted that such a thing cannot be done in a democracy and one cannot deprive the House of the right to legislate on all matters. He added that the impeachment should be voted against in order to send the message that the Parliament is here and cannot be replaced by decrees or executive acts.</p> <p>The Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs, DISY MP Nikos Tornaritis said that the Commission insists on its position that the specific group of police officers who daily put themselves in danger for the sake of the public interest needs recognition and reward and proposes the rejection of the impeachment in question.</p> <p><noindex></p> <div class=Source: www.philenews.com

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