The government will push forward with its efforts aimed at modernising what President Nikos Christodoulides described as a “state of the 1960s,” he said on Tuesday evening.

“We will do everything to change the state of the 1960s, to modernise the state with a single purpose: to serve the Cypriot citizens,” he said, speaking at the inauguration of the Freedom Museum in Chloraka.

The President referred to several reforms, including those of the legal service, the audit office, the tax system, and the forthcoming overhaul of the pension system, as well as the widely debated educational reform, stressing these were crucial to safeguard the wellbeing of “the many, not the few.”

He added that although he understands and respects the criticism voiced over the reforms, the government would continue to push forward with its agenda, expressing hope for the backing of the House of Representatives.