NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A Cypriot official says the members of the Cabinet have resigned in preparation for a reshuffle amid an economic and energy crisis caused by a blast that knocked out the country's main power station and killed 13 people.
Government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou says President Dimitris Christofias will go ahead with the reshuffle soon after consulting with the leadership of junior governing coalition party DIKO later Thursday.
The ministers will stay on until the reshuffle is completed.
Christofias has been under pressure for a Cabinet reshuffle after the ministers of defense and foreign affairs resigned over the July 11 explosion of seized Iranian munitions that were being stored at a naval base near the power station.
