In a written statement, S. Hasikos, on the occasion of questions posed yesterday by the media to the Press Office of the Minister of Interior on the subject, notes that the said letters / reports of the Auditor General were received by the Ministry, one at 19 October 2015 and the other on October 14, 2015 and due to the heavy workload of the Ministry, just two days ago it became possible for the minister to be informed.
"It would be terribly trivial on my part, given that there are well-known personalities who could be described as 'politicians' (as the Auditor General himself calls them) including a former minister, to report publicly, especially to this "the stage of investigation, anyone", says the Minister of Interior.
"I gave instructions to thoroughly study the complaints of the Auditor General and to comment. The findings of this audit, which is based on the complaints of the Audit Office, will be given to the Auditor General only. "It was and remains my opinion that the leakage of complaints of the Audit Office should be avoided in order to prevent deportation and incrimination of persons before their thorough investigation, without of course ruling out the validity of the Auditor General's complaints", concludes Mr. Hasikos in his written statement .
The Audit Office declares ignorance
The Audit Office does not take into account any leakage of information, it responds with an announcement to the Ministry of Interior on the occasion of questions posed yesterday by the media to the Press Office of the Minister of Interior for very recent reports / remarks of the Auditor General, concerning t / management and development of development plans.
The announcement of the Audit Office states that “2 days ago a journalist contacted the Audit Office and asked for information on whether the investigations carried out by the Office on the sale of Turkish Cypriot properties and the upgrading of urban zones have been completed. The journalist ", it is added," was given the answer that the investigations have been completed and that the findings of the Service have been sent to the Ministry of Interior for comments. The journalist was also informed that the citizens will be fully informed about the findings of the Service through the Annual Report that is expected to be submitted to the President of the Republic at the end of November ".
The Audit Office concludes by stating that it does not have in mind any leak of information on this issue and that the Minister of Interior rightly refused to release the two letters of the Office as the summary of these issues in the Annual Report of the Audit Office will done by deleting the names of natural persons.
Source: KYPE