Justice Minister Costas Fitiris on Monday said he will inform cabinet about “what is going to happen” in the case regarding allegations made by journalist Makarios Drousiotis against a number of high-profile figures.

He told reporters on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of fire safety week that he had been briefed on the matter by police chief Themistos Arnaoutis with a view to informing cabinet of the latest situation on Tuesday.

Asked if he already has an idea regarding what he will propose for the government’s next steps on the matter, he said, “I will study it”.

“I have the obligation to inform cabinet and make a recommendation, and from there, cabinet will make the decisions,” he said.

He was then asked about the possibility of an independent criminal investigator being appointed, and said, “we will see about it tomorrow after the discussion in cabinet”.

Drousiotis’ allegations centre on a now 45-year-old woman, known only as ‘Sandy’, who he says was raped and stabbed by former supreme court judge Michalakis Christodoulou, whom he also accuses of fathering three of her children.

According to Drousiotis, ‘Sandy’ had offered this information to her lawyer, Nikos Clerides, who is Costas Clerides’ brother, with this being the source of criticism levelled at the former attorney-general, given that some believe that if his brother knew about the accusations, he must have also known.

Previously, the police searched Nikos Clerides’ home and residence, with former bar association chairman Christos Clerides on Saturday accusing the authorities of acting in a manner akin to “terrorism”.

He asked why the police have not searched the property of Christodoulou or ‘Sandy’.

Christodoulou maintains his innocence, saying that he had “acted like a father” to ‘Sandy’, while other figures named by Drousiotis, including former MEP Demetris Papadakis and Edek deputy leader Morfakis Solomonides, both of whom he alleges to have “acted on the behest of Christodoulou as informants and interlocutors”, have denied the allegations.

Later, Nikos Clerides insinuated that he fears for his life in the aftermath of the allegations’ surfacing, saying, “I feel like I’m in danger”, and adding, “I don’t want anyone to think I’m suicidal”.

Newspaper Phileleftheros, meanwhile, for which Drousiotis previously worked, has insisted that Drousiotis’ accusations do not correspond with reality.

The newspaper wrote last Friday that ‘Sandy’ has one child, whose father is not Christodoulou, and that Gesy and social insurance records show that she worked continuously in Cyprus between 2001 and 2023, thus ruling out the possibility of her ever having spent an extended period of time in Germany as Drousiotis has claimed.