Amid a heated debate in the House on Thursday, MPs voted through a law introducing further restrictions on public gatherings and parades, giving the chief of police sweeping powers to cancel or disperse a gathering whenever deemed to have become “non-peaceful”.
The government bill passed with 26 votes in favour from Disy, Diko, Edek, Dipa and Elam MPs.
Akel, the Greens, and independent MPs Costas Efstathiou and Andreas Themistocleous voted
