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The legality or otherwise of deputy ministries may be taken to court<\/strong>, with lawyer Christos Clerides announcing on Tuesday his intention to bring the matter before the judiciary.<\/p>\n

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In a post on social media, he said, \u201ctoday, we laid the groundwork for the development of our submission to the courts that deputy ministries are unconstitutional.
\n\u201cThey operate on the basis of appointments to deputy ministries by the President. However, the constitution gives specific powers to the President which do not include the power to appoint deputy ministers.\u201d
\nHe added that \u201cthe President does not have the power to expand the law<\/strong>.\u201d
\nConstitutionally, he said, executive power is wielded by the cabinet and its ministers, but given that deputy ministries are not defined in the constitution, they do not wield executive power.
\nHe added, \u201cthe exercise of ministerial power by deputy ministries interferes with the powers of ministers and ministries according to the constitution,\u201d and said the matter will be referred to the Supreme constitutional court.
\nThere are currently six deputy ministries in Cyprus<\/strong>, five of which were created during Nicos Anastasiades\u2019 presidential terms. They are the research, social welfare, culture, shipping, and tourism deputy ministries.
\nIncumbent President Nikos Christodoulides created a sixth deputy ministry, the European affairs deputy ministry, swearing in Marilena Raouna as its first deputy minister in January.
\nPlans are afoot for a seventh deputy ministry<\/strong>, focusing on matters pertaining to migration, to be created, with parliament having approved its creation in February.
\nHowever, questions were immediately raised regarding such a deputy ministry\u2019s legality by non-governmental organisation Kisa\u2019s executive director Doros Polykarpou.
\nHe concurred with Clerides, telling the Cyprus Mail the creation of such a deputy ministry would be \u201cconstitutionally questionable,\u201d<\/strong> and asking \u201cwhere does political power lie in terms of government with such a thing?
\n\u201cAccording to our constitution, we have a cabinet which is attended by ministers, and ministers vote on matters of government policy. Deputy ministers are not ministers, they do not have voting power at cabinet,\u201d he said.
\nHe added, \u201cin this case, if there is a matter regarding migration which needs to be brought up at cabinet, who brings it up? Who represents these issues at cabinet? The answer is they end up not being represented at all.
\n\u201cA deputy minister has neither a voice nor a vote,\u201d he said.
\nHe also made reference to existing deputy ministries, saying \u201clook at the social welfare deputy ministry. Did anything change for the better when that was created? Did things improve for social insurance, for welfare payments, for access to state benefits?
\n\u201cDid the creation of that deputy ministry make the government more productive?<\/strong> If anything, it made things worse and it slowed processes down, if it changed anything at all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

– Lawyer Christos Clerides intends to bring the legality of deputy ministries in Cyprus to court.
\n– The President does not have the power to appoint deputy ministers according to the constitution.
\n– There are currently six deputy ministries in Cyprus, with plans for a seventh focusing on migration.
\n– Non-governmental organization Kisa’s executive director Doros Polykarpou questions the constitutionality of creating a new deputy ministry.
\n– Polykarpou argues that deputy ministries do not have voting power at cabinet meetings and may not improve government 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