塞浦路斯议会委员会质疑央行行长

 　　NICOSIA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- A committee of the Cypriot parliament voted on Tuesday to subpoena¹ Central Bank Governor Panicos Demetriades to answer questions as to whether he had misled the parliament in relation to the mandate² for a probe into the circumstances which forced the two largest banks to seek state assistance.

　　The investigation³ is at the center of letters exchanged between European Central Bank Governor Mario Draghi and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades.

　　Draghi had warned Anastasiades that the investigation might constitute an attack against the independence of Demetriades in violation⁴ of Cypriot and European Union legislation and could lead to Cyprus being brought before the EU court.

　　Anastasiades, in a letter published in several media on Tuesday, maintained that the Cypriot parliament, as an independent and distinctive⁵ branch of the state under the presidential system of government, has a right to carry out an investigation into acts or omission⁶ of the central bank governor without constituting a procedure for his dismissal.

　　In his letter to Draghi, Anastasiades said the Alvarez & Marsal probe carried out on instructions by Demetriades "focused exclusively to the Bank of Cyprus, selectively ignoring to examine the activities of Laiki (Cyprus Popular Bank), irrespective of the fact that it had received 9.2 billion euros (12.1 billion U.S. dollars) from ELA (emergency liquidity⁷ assistance)."

　　Demetriades had publicly stated that he kept pumping ELA into the bank despite knowing that it was going down.

　　The Ethics⁸ parliamentary committee said after a meeting that it decided⁹ by a majority vote to ask Demetriades to testify at its next session in a week's time.

　　Committee chairman Demetris Syllouris said Demetriades is obliged under parliamentary rules to testify and is liable to arrest for contempt of parliament in case he refuses to appear at the committee's hearing.

1 subpoena   

n.（法律）传票；v.传讯

参考例句：

• He was brought up to court with a subpoena.他接到传讯，来到法庭上。
• Select committees have the power to subpoena witnesses.特别委员会有权传唤证人。

2 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

5 distinctive   

adj.特别的，有特色的，与众不同的

参考例句：

• She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
• This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。

6 omission   

n.省略，删节；遗漏或省略的事物，冗长

参考例句：

• The omission of the girls was unfair.把女孩排除在外是不公平的。
• The omission of this chapter from the third edition was a gross oversight.第三版漏印这一章是个大疏忽。

7 liquidity   

n.流动性，偿债能力，流动资产

参考例句：

• The bank has progressively increased its liquidity.银行逐渐地增加其流动资产。
• The demand for and the supply of credit is closely linked to changes in liquidity.信用的供求和流动资金的变化有密切关系。

8 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

9 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。