President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday he was leaving open the possibility of referring the foreclosure laws back to the House, as many aspects needed to be examined.

The laws, he added, were already under review.

Christodoulides said he met with the finance minister on Thursday and soon there would be something to say.

“Of course I am leaving [the possibility of referral] open, because I want to take a stance responsibly based on the data I will have in front of me,” the president explained.

A broad package of legislature protecting borrowers and guarantors, and regulating foreclosures and dispute resolution, was passed on Monday by parliament in a tense plenum atmosphere.

The plenum approved two government bills amending the law regulating the out-of-court resolution of financial disputes and the law on the transfer and mortgaging of property, while demonstrators protested outside.

On Wednesday, President Nikos Christodoulides criticised the House for trying to pass dozens of bills – including some that are unconstitutional – before it dissolved later this month ahead of the May 24 parliamentary elections.

He also said it was not acceptable for “a hundred bills to be passed at the last plenum” because elections are coming.

“Sometimes I feel they are passing proposals they know are unconstitutional just so that they come to me and I refer them to the court so that I bear the responsibility. I don’t have a problem, I will do so if it is unconstitutional, but they can’t pass proposals they know are unconstitutional just to tell the people that they tried to protect them … but the government won’t sign them,” he said.