AKEL is launching a "firestorm" against the government following the decision of the President of the Republic, Nicos Anastasiades, to suspend the law passed by the Parliament for a new suspension of divestments.
In a written statement, AKEL's press spokesman, George Koukumas, said that "Nicos Anastasiades[/B] is once again preventing the protection of borrowers from the arbitrariness of banks", explaining that his decision "to reject the legislation passed by the Parliament (except, of course, DISY) confirms whose interests are served by the whole alarm party. It is no coincidence that both candidates of Averof Neophytou and Nikos Christodoulides stood against the suspension of divestments".
Mr. Koukumas notes that "the targeted three-month suspension of divestitures is necessary as long as there is no balance in the legislative framework, which is currently scandalously in favour of the banks and to the detriment of borrowers. It is not enough that DISY together with DIKO imposed this framework. It is not enough that for years now they have refused to accept that this framework should be corrected. Now they are also blocking the freeze on divestments voted by Parliament in order to protect, at least temporarily, a portion of borrowers. The only thing that DISY accepts is that the people are being squeezed out by banks and loan management companies through express procedures."
"The stay of the Coalition in power, either with one or the other DISY candidate, means a new demoralization of big interests at the expense of households and small businessmen", he concludes.
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