Cyprus’ president has withheld approval from nine of the ten foreclosure‑related bills passed by parliament, returning five to the House and referring four to the Supreme Court.
Government spokesman Viktoras Papadopoulos said the president acted on advice from the Legal Service, which identified issues requiring further examination. The returned bills, he said, contain technical errors, constitutional inconsistencies, retroactivity concerns and gaps in their scope of application.
Papadopoulos added that the four bills sent to the Supreme Court include provisions deemed clearly unconstitutional.
The issue was first reported by the newspaper Phileleftheros.