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Minister of State Pappas: Courts do not legislate

The government will uphold the court decisions, he says

Newsroom October 25 10:24

Commenting on the TV licences to radio station Praktorio 104.9 FM, State Minister Nikos Pappas on Tuesday said: “We are awaiting the decisions. Meanwhile, we are moving ahead according as planned. The tender has been completed, and it has brought a larger than expected sum to the state revenues. He went on to says that theses revenues would be directed to actions that would improve the lives of people. “In any event, we all know that the decisions of the courts need to be respected and I think we have operated under the provisions of the Constitution and the previous decisions of the State Council. We were called to solve these problems”, he underlined. Responding to whether judges could impose a decision on the government, he replied: “The government is obligated to and will uphold the Constitution and the court decisions. What cannot be done is to have legal provisions drawn up in the courts. Courts can neither write the provisions nor draft laws. The parliament drafts the laws. Courts judge, they do not legislate. Anyone who might have such ideas should get rid of them. The tender on TV licences was necessary to put in order the TV landscape.”

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