Inflation is reaching 10% and the Statistical Office is recording uncontrolled increases in almost all goods and services, AKEL said in a statement, stating that the government cannot throw its hands up leaving society at the mercy of price rises that are nibbling away at living standards.
"Let alone that this government is responsible for the magnitude of the situation. It is responsible for the fact that cartels and fuel obscenity have been going on for years. It is responsible for the fact that no natural gas has been imported for electricity generation for 9 years and the country lags dramatically behind in renewable energy sources, so that every year we pay tens of millions of euros in pollutants. All this is paid daily by citizens and has now become unaffordable. The government still has responsibilities since it refuses to confront the big interests, to take measures such as taxing the windfall profits of energy companies."
Even now, he notes, the government of the Coalition must understand what is happening in society. "Listen to AKEL's proposals, proposals that are realistic and which can relieve the vast majority of the Cypriot people:
1. Restoration of the ATA and its extension to every worker in the country.
2. A cap on fuel and abolition of double taxation on fuel.
3. Reduction of VAT on basic goods."
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