“If there were 112, all 104 people who perished in the deadly fire at Eye possibly they were alive”, he said to the Minister of Justice George Floridisadding that “with the new legislative framework we voted even for this year’s fires, all those arrested are in prison”.

Referring to the tragedy of TempoMr. Floridis noted that the building to host the trial has been found and will be ready in 15 days.

Regarding the requests to lift the protection of the protected witnesses in the case Novartisstated that with the new criminal codes effective from May 1 there is a provision that completes the protection framework and is now in the hands of the competent prosecutor, who has the right at any time without even being asked to examine how this case is developing protection status.

“The case is in the hands of the judiciary, which will decide whether this protection status should continue or not,” the minister said.

He emphasized that what has been revealed about some protected witnesses – that they had a financial benefit to denounce what they denounced – all these elements have been submitted competently.