The long effort and persistence to bring before justice all those who were responsible for the CSE scandal in 1999-2000 seems to have ended ingloriously by the Legislative Body on Thursday, as according to StockWatch sources the members of the House Legal Committee were split in two parties.

DISY and EDEK were in favour of the acceptance of the specific legislation submitted by the Justice Ministry, which recommends the acceptance of the “hearsay evidence” in Criminal and Civil Law. On the other hand, AKEL and DIKO recommended the enforcement of the bill with the acceptance of the “hearsay evidence” under certain strict conditions.

According to sources, the bill submitted by AKEL recommends the exemption of the “hearsay evidence” in the Law of Proof or in the case when this clashes with the initial statement made by other witness.

In an effort to end up with a conciliatory formula, the two parties finally agreed to make amendments acceptable by both sides. It is still unknown when the new bill will be set before the Parliament.