{"id":13488,"date":"2024-05-28T23:01:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=13488"},"modified":"2024-05-28T23:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:01:27","slug":"discipline-procedures-mired-by-missing-staff-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=13488","title":{"rendered":"Discipline procedures mired by missing staff member"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/discipline-procedures-mired-by-missing-staff-member.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>State authorities have been searching for over a month for the director general of state broadcaster CyBC Thanasis Tsokos to serve him with orders to appear before a disciplinary procedure, it emerged on Tuesday.Tsokos has been served with a letter from the interior ministry about the disciplinary procedure but <strong>he has been unavailable for almost a month, stalling the entire procedure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report in Politis, Tsokos has been called to answers allegations made against him involving issues with another CyBC employee Elmos Neocleous, head of the television division.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by the Cyprus Mail to comment further on what the allegations are against Tsokos, a source at the ministry said they could not comment as he has not received the letter about the disciplinary procedures.<\/p>\n<p>According to Politis, since Tsokos\u2019 pay grade is at the A15+ scale, a permanent secretary or someone in a similar position at the ministry is the only one that can investigate him.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, <strong>the ministry has requested cabinet to appoint the individual they have in mind to investigate the claims<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>However, as part of the whole procedure and investigation, Tsokos needs to receive the letter to inform him about the process.<\/p>\n<p>On May 13, ministry officials were informed he was on a work trip. After that, they were informed he was on sick leave, despite not having filed the paperwork.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the ministry has been attempting to find him to deliver the letter so that the procedure can move forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State authorities have been searching for over a month for CyBC director general Thanasis Tsokos to serve him with orders to appear before a disciplinary procedure. Tsokos has been unavailable for almost a month, stalling the entire procedure. 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