Former Cypriot Commerce and Industry Minister Giorgos Lillikas is being sued by the state for an unauthorized decision he allegedly made to aid cattle farmers.
However, the cattle farmers never received any of the promised money and have, therefore, filed a lawsuit against him demanding a compensation of around 1.8 million euros.
The aid was supposedly promised to them before the island joined the EU in December 2003 but the Cypriot government claimed ita has no involvement in the affair.
Mr. Lillikas, who served the former Tassos Papadopoulos administration of the island, said his prosecution was politically motivated because he was a critic of the current administration.
Attorney general Petros Clerides answered there were no political motives behind the prosecution.
“The state does not accept that such an agreement was made with the cattle farmers but if it was, it was done by Mr. Lillikas without any authorisation” said Mr. Clerides.
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