Resignations, lawsuits and gun permits: north ‘govt’ faces pre-election headaches

The north’s ruling coalition is facing a series of headaches as this year’s Turkish Cypriot leadership campaign officially gets underway , with its rapid-fire handing out of civil service jobs, citizenships, land, and in particular firearms licences in the days leading up to the pre-election cutoff point on Saturday.

In total, 600 people were handed firearms licences in the hours leading up to the formal beginning of the “pre-election period”