The Ministry of the Interior states that the remarks made by Member of Parliament Zacharias Koulias regarding public sector hiring are completely unfounded.
In a statement regarding today’s remarks by Democratic Party Member of Parliament Zacharias Koulias during the session of the Parliamentary Committee on Internal Affairs “and his allegations of a scandal involving hiring without exams in the civil service, concerning the seven positions of Director of Internal Affairs, Class A15(i), and the 20 positions of Senior Internal Affairs Officer, Class A13(ii), the Ministry of the Interior clarifies that these reports do not correspond in any way to reality and that the process for filling these positions was carried out in accordance with the provisions of Article 34 of the Public Service Lawsof 1990 through 2025.”
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The Advisory Committees established for this purpose, he adds, in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned Act, had the discretion—insofar as they concerned positions of First Appointment and Promotion— based on the Service Plans approved by the House of Representatives, to conduct oral examinations of the candidates.
It states that, after taking into account the results of the candidates’ oral examinations, their qualifications in relation to the duties of the position, the contents of their Personnel Files and Annual Performance Reports, as well as the remaining details of their applications, reasoned reports on all candidates, along with recommendations for selection, were submitted to the Public Service Commission. It should be noted that this list, for each position, included four times the number of vacancies that had been published. Furthermore, in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned Law, the appointing authority is the Public Service Commission and not the Ministry of the Interior.
“Mr. Koulias’s appointment, which was apparently made without his knowledge of the prescribed procedure for filling these positions, comes as a great surprise, given the timing of the issue—namely, two years after the positions were originally filled,” the Ministry of the Interior states.
It should be noted that the seven vacant permanent positions for Director of Internal Affairs were published in the Official Gazette of the Republic on January 27,2023 and were filled by decision of the Public Service Commission on September 20, 2024, while the 20 vacant permanent positions for Senior Internal Affairs Officer were published in the Official Gazette of the Republic on February 3,2023 and were filled by a decision of the Public Service Commission on December 12, 2024.
In conclusion, the Ministry of the Interior “assures that the process of filling the positions was conducted entirely in accordance with the law and does not wish to comment further on other baseless allegations made by the Member of Parliament”.
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