69:. The protesters demanded a full, prompt and transparent investigation and the immediate resignation of President of the House of Representatives Demetris Syllouris and Member of Parliament Christakis Giovanis. As a result, both Demetris Syllouris and Christakis Giovanis resigned from their posts. Furthermore, the Cyprus government announce that it would abolish the CIP from November 2020. In September 2022, the four men that appeared in the Al Jazeera video, were ordered to stand for trial in the criminal court of Nicosia. In October 2023 Andreas G. Pittadjis was cleared from all charges by Cypriot courts.
58:, lawyer Andreas G. Pittadjis and Antonis Antoniou property executive of Giovannis Group. Notably in the video, Demetris Syllouris meets with Al Jazeera's under-cover journalists posing as representatives of an actually non-existing Chinese businessman and convicted money-launderer who seeks to obtain a Cyprus passport via the CIP. In the video footage, Syllouris promises to give his support so that the Chinese businessman receives Cypriot citizenship, even though providing citizenship to convicted criminals is against the requirements of CIP and the Cypriot law.
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