was elected during the third round of the proceedings, which took place at
context of the 4th Part of the 2017 KSSE Summit, in Strasbourg,
prevailing with 132 votes of its Lithuanian counterpart,
Emanuelis Zingeris - also from the EPP team - who received 84
votes.
Former CSCE President Pedro Agramud resigned last year
Friday with a letter sent to the Assembly. His position
temporarily assumed the post of President of the House, the oldest Vice President
of the CSCE, Roger Gale.
new President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
(KSSE) said on Tuesday that it would "work tirelessly and openly against it."
corruption ".
Speaking in front
of the House, in Strasbourg, Ms. Kyriakidou said that her election
comes at a time of controversy “h
our reliability and integrity ", leading to" often wrong
publicity for the work produced in this Assembly ”. He made
at the same time a reason for questioning the principles of transparency and its
integrity of the institutions of the Council of Europe.
"It simply came to our notice then. But especially me, as the newly elected President of this Assembly, "he said.
She also said her decision to run for office
of the President stems from my “steadfast faith in Parliament
Assembly, democracy, human rights and the rule of law
and my passion to work tirelessly. "
"In the coming months, my priority is to bring peace.
consensus, reliability and unity. To work tirelessly and openly against
of corruption. To raise the bar so that we all follow the same
principles and code of ethics, "he said.
need the support of all political groups, the Secretary-General
and the staff of the SC.