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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 08-01-24
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[01] LIBICKI TEXT - WITHDRAWAL
[01] LIBICKI TEXT - WITHDRAWAL
A draft report on the plight of the Turkish occupied town of Famagusta,
prepared by the Chairman of the European Parliament Committee of
Petitions, will be withdrawn, following strong objections by most
Committee members.
Committee chairman Marcin Libicki was obliged on Thursday, after a
strong reaction from most of the Committee members, to withdraw the
draft document he had written, which had been presented as a report on
Famagusta and which contained unacceptable references and
inaccuracies.
Cypriot MEP of the European People`s Party (EPP) Yiannakis Matsis said
the document presented by Libicki as a report on Famagusta, fenced-off
since the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, could not be accepted
because it was ``inaccurate, contrary to reality and contained
unacceptable points and references.``
Matsis advocated the withdrawal of the document, a position shared by
EPP. Head of the EPP group in the Committee of Petitions, British MEP
Robert Atkins, proposed that the decision to withdraw the text or not
be put to the vote. Libicki dismissed the proposal, a decision which
resulted in commotion in the hall and confrontation with the majority
of the MEPs.
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