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Legal expert Gabrielle McIntyre, appointed to investigate corruption claims against former president Nicos Anastasiades, will be supported by three Cypriot lawyers<\/strong> with no conflict of interest, the anti-corruption authority announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n McIntyre\u2019s name was made public as the lead of the team on Monday.<\/p>\n The three lawyers that will accompany McIntyre will be Charilaos Chrysanthou, Orestis Nikitas, and Andreas Efthymiou<\/strong>, the anti-corruption authority said.<\/p>\n According to their statement, the investigation into the claims made against Anastasiades in the book \u2018Mafia State\u2019 by Makarios Drousiotis<\/strong> has already begun, and McIntyre is expected in Cyprus on March 3 to further examine the material.<\/p>\n The statement concluded saying that the authority will not comment on the process of the investigation to date.<\/p>\n McIntyre is an international legal practitioner<\/strong>, jurist and served as the chairperson of the\u00a0Seychelles\u2019 Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission. She is an expert in international legal practice, international humanitarian law, international criminal law, human rights law and administrative law.<\/p>\n She managed legal proceedings for judges of the ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia) at all stages of proceedings, including pre-trial, trial and appeal, and has extensive experience with international court practice and common and civil law procedural rules.<\/p>\n The anti-corruption authority was set up a year and a half ago to investigate corruption cases involving current or former state officials and civil servants, and is also poised to tackle claims publicised in\u00a0Makarios Drousiotis\u2019 book\u00a0Mafia State\u00a0which points a finger at Anastasiades among others.<\/p>\n On Monday, Anastasiades welcomed McIntyre\u2019s appointment.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe findings will need to be made public,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n Two days earlier, Drousiotis had gone on social media to say he rejected requests by Anastasiades\u2019 lawyers for his books to be withdrawn and an apology to be drafted.<\/p>\n According to his post, \u201cOn the eve of the launch of the investigation [against Anastasiades], I received a letter from the law firm of Andy Triantaphyllides, which, together with the office of Theodoros Economou, represents Anastasiades. The former president, through his lawyers, is\u00a0demanding the withdrawal of my books, an apology and damages<\/strong>!\u201d<\/p>\n Follow the Gabrielle McIntyre, a legal expert, has been appointed to investigate corruption claims against former president Nicos Anastasiades. She will be assisted by three Cypriot lawyers: Charilaos Chrysanthou, Orestis Nikitas, and Andreas Efthymiou. The investigation is based on allegations made in the book \u2018Mafia State\u2019 by Makarios Drousiotis. McIntyre is scheduled to arrive in Cyprus on March 3 to continue the investigation. The anti-corruption authority, which was established about a year and a half ago, will not comment on the investigation’s progress. McIntyre has experience in international legal practice and has worked with the ICTY. Former president Anastasiades welcomed McIntyre’s appointment and stated that the findings of the investigation should be made public. Drousiotis claimed that Anastasiades’ lawyers demanded the withdrawal of his books, an apology, and damages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[880,239,766,279,881,295,3,250,115,187,591,882,120,817],"class_list":["post-3151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-anti-corruption-authority","tag-anti-corruption","tag-civil-servants","tag-comment","tag-conflict-of-interest","tag-corruption","tag-cyprus","tag-google","tag-human-rights","tag-international","tag-lawyers","tag-nicos-anastasiades","tag-picks4","tag-social-media"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n
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