{"id":4953,"date":"2024-03-21T15:02:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T13:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=4953"},"modified":"2024-03-21T15:02:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T13:02:36","slug":"final-bills-on-local-govt-reform-heading-for-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=4953","title":{"rendered":"Final bills on local govt reform heading for House"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/final-bills-on-local-govt-reform-heading-for-house.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\">The law on local authority reform is inching closer to becoming a reality, despite delays and disagreements, MPs at the House interior committee said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-689465512\">\n<div id=\"cypru-265666698\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-6330824749134-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lawmakers said the final raft of bills will <strong>head to plenum on March 28<\/strong>.In a dig against the government, committee chair and Akel MP Aristos Damianou said \u201cit is unacceptable that the executive branch submitted [the bills] to parliament very late.\u201dLocal authority reform has been a bone of contention embroiling former interior ministers who have slammed MPs for amending the legislation so much that it has \u2018changed the philosophy\u2019 of the reform.Damianou underlined that for the most part, the majority of amendments have the support of all political parties and independent MPs.Disy MP Nikos Sykas said that lawmakers are now focused \u201con the big picture of reforming local authority after so long\u201d.\u201cAfter so many years, <strong>we are at the final stretch<\/strong> with the vote in next week\u2019s plenum.\u201dMeanwhile Diko MP Panicos Leonidou underlined the discussion at the committee was done \u201cin the spirit of cooperation\u201d.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The law on local authority reform in Cyprus is nearing approval, with the final set of bills scheduled to be presented to the plenum on March 28. This development comes after delays and disagreements among members of parliament. The committee chair, Akel MP Aristos Damianou, criticized the government for submitting the bills to parliament late. Despite previous controversies over amendments to the legislation, the majority of these amendments now have the support of all political parties and independent MPs. Lawmakers, including Disy MP Nikos Sykas and Diko MP Panicos Leonidou, expressed their focus on achieving reform and highlighted the cooperative spirit of the discussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[671,3,2852,1212,2853,672,250,415,2685,148,2851,1799,1358,1774],"class_list":["post-4953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-akel","tag-cyprus","tag-delays","tag-diko","tag-disagreements","tag-disy","tag-google","tag-government","tag-legislation","tag-local","tag-local-authority-reform","tag-parliament","tag-support","tag-vote"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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