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Local government reform is \u201con the right track\u201d<\/strong>, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Most of the teething problems faced during the transition to Cyprus\u2019 new system of local government will be resolved by the end of June, Ioannou believes. His remarks on the subject came while speaking to Limassol\u2019s interim coordination committee for local government reform.
\n\u201cThere will certainly be difficulties in the beginning, but this is a matter of adaptation,\u201d he said.
\nProgress is \u201cgoing well\u201d regarding most of the foreseen issues<\/strong> such as staffing and finding buildings to house various authorities and institutions, he added.
\nHe likened the potential issues faced to those seen when Gesy was first launched, and added, \u201cwe are changing culture, we are bringing together different organisations under one roof, but we are here to solve the problems, just as we are solving them right now.\u201d
\nThe government\u2019s \u201cgoal\u201d is for everything to be ready on time, he said.
\nWork is ongoing regarding relocations of the licencing offices of the urban planning department, municipalities, and district administrations, with all three set to be located in the same building in each district from July 1, he continued.
\n\u201cThese are three different cultures which will bring with them all the pending applications, so there will probably be an adjustment period at the beginning<\/strong>. I don\u2019t consider them problems, I consider it a period of adjustment,\u201d he said.
\nPersonnel from his ministry are being \u201cdeployed\u201d to work with local government authorities during the transition, he added. \u201cWe have ensured that more personnel are deployed than what has been requested of us,\u201d he said.
\nThose staff will remain with local government authorities for a secondment period of 18 months, before being offered the choice of either remaining with their local authorities or returning to the interior ministry.
\nAsked regarding the issue of thousands of people allegedly registering to vote at false addresses, he said the matters are being investigated and complaints will be made to the police \u201cif anything objectionable arises\u201d<\/strong>.
\nThe government is considering bringing forward the final date of voter registration for future elections, he added. This will allow authorities more time if such large numbers of objections are filed in the future.
\nMore than 3,500 objections have been submitted<\/strong> regarding the registration of voters for June\u2019s elections, with a total of 20,890 people either registering themselves to vote at new addresses or registering to vote for the first time at addresses deemed suspicious.
\nThis figure is markedly higher than the equivalent in 2016, when 7,248 people registered themselves at new addresses, and 2011, when 9,500 people did the same.
\nIn addition, multiple news outlets have reported that some voters have registered themselves as living in warehouses, cafes, supermarkets, betting shops, bakeries, vacant plots and even in candidates\u2019 houses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou stated that local government reform in Cyprus is “on the right track.” He believes that most teething problems will be resolved by the end of June. Progress is going well regarding staffing and finding buildings for various authorities. There may be an adjustment period at the beginning of the transition. Complaints will be made to the police if any objectionable issues arise regarding voter registration. More than 3,500 objections have been submitted for June’s elections, with some voters registering themselves at unusual 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