{"id":11557,"date":"2024-05-13T01:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T22:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=11557"},"modified":"2024-05-13T01:00:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T22:00:16","slug":"hundreds-protest-in-support-of-auditor-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=11557","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds protest in support of auditor general"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bearing placards expressing support to Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides, hundreds of people <strong>protested outside the legal service<\/strong> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-580619669\">\n<div id=\"cypru-1814979020\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-2096096001428-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>They then marched on outside the presidential palace, where they called on the attorney general (AG) to resign, and stop proceedings aimed at suspending Michaelides.<br \/>\n\u201cCome outside Christodoulides\u201d, the yelled outside the palace, calling on President Nikos Christodoulides to talk to them.<br \/>\nThe protest called \u2018hands off the auditor general\u2019 was organised as a result of the AG\u2019s move to file a request to the Supreme Constitutional Court, seeking to remove Michaelides from his post.<br \/>\nAG George Savvides has cited \u2018inappropriate behaviour\u2019 as the reason.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-784375 size-large lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/hundreds-protest-in-support-of-auditor-general.jpg\" alt=\"protest\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><br \/>\nProtestors gathered at 4pm calling for transparency and sound management of public funds.<br \/>\n\u201cHands off Odysseas\u201d they chanted, as well as an \u201c<strong>no to gagging the truth<\/strong>.\u201d<br \/>\nOutside the presidential palace, a speech was read out expressing support to Michaelides and his work.<br \/>\n\u201cWe call on the legal service to withdraw the suspension request [against Michaelides] immediately.\u201d<br \/>\nGreen Party leader Giorgos Perdikis and former MP Anna Theologou also attended the protest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact: Hundreds of people protested outside the legal service in support of Auditor General Odysseas 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