The Supreme Constitutional Court is set to decide whether exceptional naturalisations within the framework of the Cyprus investment programme constitute acts of government and are thus not subject to judicial review.

The attorney-general’s request for the Republic’s appeal to be referred to the Supreme Constitutional Court has been accepted after the Republic’s preliminary objection in the framework of Cyprus investment programme appeals was dismissed.

The Law Office said applicants had appealed the rejection of their applications for exceptional naturalisation, the refusal or failure to receive naturalisation applications, the withdrawal of naturalisations by the interior ministry and the termination of the investment programme.

Pending trial, the attorney-general submitted a request in writing to the administrative appeals court for the appeal to be referred to the Supreme Constitutional Court, with the aim of saving time and reaching a final solution at the highest level of constitutional law.

The administrative court agreed that the Supreme Constitutional Court was indeed the authority to rule on the issue.