Paphos lawyers hold one-day strike

PAPHOS lawyers yesterday held a one-day strike because the government has not yet lived up its pledge to build an additional floor to the district’s courthouse, necessary for its smooth operation.

The chairman of the Paphos bar association Ioannis Papazacharias aid judges are forced to postpone hearings because there are no available rooms as well as stenographers to keep the minutes.

Papazacharias warned that lawyers would not tolerate any diversion from the decision to invite tenders immediately for the construction of additional space.

The lawyers said the finance ministry had decided to divert funds to other projects in Nicosia.

Papazacharias said the justice minister has assured him that the project will go ahead despite the finance ministry’s intention.

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