The intention, further, to strengthen it Competition Commission so that it can carry out its work for the orderly functioning of the market even more effectively, the Minister of Development made it clear Takis Theodorikakos in the meeting he had today at the commission’s offices with its president, Irene Evelyn Michaela Mary Sharp.

After the meeting, Mr. Theodorikakos stated:

“We are in favor of the free operation of the market because this benefits society, this benefits consumers. A prerequisite for this is free competition. A guarantee for free competition is the strong independent authority of the Competition Commission. For this reason we support her work with all our strength. We had a second meeting today with the President and Vice President of the Competition Commission. The process of strengthening with additional specialized staff is underway, so that the authority can operate even more efficiently. 25 executives will be recruited, while together with the Minister of the Interior and the Secretary of the Council of Ministers we will recommend to the Council of Ministers the recruitment of another 25 executives. These are scientists, economists, lawyers, but also from the field of IT, who are absolutely necessary.

At the same time, the Ministry of Development will do whatever is necessary and whatever the Competition Commission recommends in order to improve the logistical infrastructure it has, the building and anything else requested in order to act as efficiently as possible. We will also modernize the organizational chart of the Commission. Our cooperation at the institutional level is also ongoing and in this context, until the recruitment of a total of 50 executives is completed, we will give the possibility, through exceptional procedures, that employees from the wider public sector can be seconded to the Competition Commission if they so wish ».