Every reform promoted faces great challenges and causes reactions and “this is to be expected”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday, on receiving the public service commission’s report for 2024.

Christodoulides said his meeting with the commission’s president, George Papageorgiou, was “particularly important”, as it gave them the opportunity to discuss “some aspects of the civil service reforms” yet to be implemented.

“We must not be dogmatical, we must evaluate the reforms, see where there are problems, distortions, and make corrections all the more, because the purpose of the reforms was to improve a state of affairs and, especially when it comes to the civil service, to address an impression held by the public,” the president added.

He said “important work and significant progress” had been made compared with the previous situation.

The reforms, he added, “have not yet been implemented for us to make a comprehensive evaluation”.

Handing over his report, Papageorgiou said the past year had been of crucial importance regarding the method by which civil servants were hired, especially in senior positions.

He added that the commission had spent most of its time on preparations for reforms.