“The President of the Republic will not follow the path of exacerbation of toxicity, which AKEL and DIKO want, with their announcements today, for the President's private vacation”, the government spokesman points out, characterizing as “unacceptable and non-existent the accusations, which unleashed “by both parties.
He emphasizes that President Anastasiadis “is ready to answer any questionnaire they want to submit to him and he will do it anyway because he did not hide anything and has nothing to hide”.
Earlier, AKEL and DIKO called on President Anastasiadis to assume his responsibilities and apologize to the Cypriot people.
The statement of the government representative follows as it is
“The President of the Republic, Nikos Anastasiadis and the Government will remain committed to creating a climate of unity in view of serious developments in our national issue, dealing with the pandemic and its economic consequences, and will not follow the path of intensification of toxicity desired by AKEL and DIKO, with their announcements today about the private vacation of the President of the Republic and the unacceptable and non-existent accusations that they unleash.
We are not going to follow the pre-election tactics and populism they chose to carry out their campaign.
The President of the Republic has stated in a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives on June 10, 2020 and in a statement to the competent parliamentary committee that he is ready to answer any questionnaire they wish to submit to him, and he will do so anyway because he does not he hid nothing and has nothing to hide.
For information, to date no questionnaire has been sent by the House of Representatives to the President of the Republic.
The President of the Republic has nothing to hide either from the Parliamentary Audit Committee or from the Research Committee or from the Cypriot people “.
What AKEL and DIKO reported earlier:
AKEL: “The President to take responsibility for the bribery of his Saudi friend”
“The effort of the president and the government of DISY to hide the truth about the leisure trips of the President and his family in the Seychelles, continues. Yesterday, in the Parliamentary Audit Committee, this effort on the part of the government was very intense.
Although the president and the government kept secret the leisure trips – gifts of the Saudi friend of the President, they did not manage to hide them. It would be politically and morally right for the President to take responsibility for bribery instead of trying to blur the waters himself and his associates.
The way N. Anastasiadis and the DISY government handle the issue of Seychelles reinforce the belief of the society that:
1. there are still things that the rulers avoid talking about and try to hide.
2. They do not have the political will to deal with the entanglement and corruption that in their own days, not accidentally, has taken off dragging Cyprus internationally.
3. is part of the problem of entanglement and corruption “.
DIKO: “Nikos Anastasiadis deeply exposed – He lied to the Research Committee”
“The constant revelations about the much-praised scandal of free leisure travel in the Seychelles leave Nikos Anastasiadis deeply exposed.
After the representatives of the PD refused to reveal to the Audit Committee the owner of the private jet that transported him and his family to the Seychelles, new revelations followed.
It appears from a simple search in the relevant register of aircraft owners, that the pilot of the Boeing 767 aircraft that flew to PDT in 2015, is the same company that took him on a free trip in 2018. Specifically, the manager of the aircraft is Jet Stream Aviation , a company of the same Saudi investor.
It is now clear that Nikos Anastasiadis did not tell the whole truth to the Nikolatos Research Committee. He did not reveal , as he should have, that he traveled for the second time in 2015 to the Seychelles with a jet of the specific Saudi.
If it is not clear that the specific trip was offered free of charge or on favorable terms, then Nikos Anastasiadis has committed a lie before the Nikolatos Investigative Committee , as it is recalled that he has sworn that he traveled to the Seychelles “… at his own expense”.
Nikos Anastasiadis must give explanations and apologize to the Cypriot people within the next 24 hours .
The DI.KO. will suggest to the Audit Committee of the Parliament to send letters to the Attorney General and to the Investigative Committee of Nikolatos and to inform them about the possible commission of forgery by the PD so that both can decide on their next steps “.
