Forestry department head Savvas Iezekiel on Thursday warned of possible “adverse and irreversible effects” of the government’s decision to transfer control of forest firefighting duties to the interior ministry .
He made the comment during a meeting with House president Annita Demetriou, though the official readout of the meeting made no reference to any elaboration on this warning.
It did say that Demetriou “praised the actions of [the forestry department]
