The new cameras in the streets of Cyprus will be installed in late 2009. In her statements before the Parliament, Transport Minister, Maria Malaktou said the state will evaluate their specifications first and then it will invite tenders.

As for the termination of cooperation with the supplier, Mrs. Malaktou noted that the legal rights of the Republic as safeguarded. “It is the company’s right to ask for compensations by the state. You realize that we had sufficient evidence at our disposal in order to take this decision,”, she said.

Justice Minister, Sophocles Sophocelous said that the system has good results and it reduced accidents by 20%.

“During this period, 107,000 tickets were issued and the citizens submitted more than £2 million”, he concluded.