"If we really want to support our families and our children, we should seriously reassess the role of public schools in a comprehensive manner and through a strategic planning we should draw up a comprehensive plan for a new national education plan," he added.
Mr. Apostolou also referred to the support of children with disabilities or various learning problems, saying that "I believe that this issue is one of the blackest points of our education."
Regarding the GESY, the EPP MP said that the implementation of the GESY gave the right to tens of thousands of chronically ill people, as well as many other citizens, to have health insurance for the first time.
"Weaknesses obviously exist in the system, mistakes and omissions have obviously been made by the OAI and the OKYPY," he noted, adding that far from populism we should work to gradually improve the system and guard its mono-insurance and social character.
He also said that the plan to provide financial assistance for health services not offered in the public sector does not cover travel, accommodation and food expenses of the patient and his/her companions when they go abroad, adding that no charity action replaces the responsibility of the state to create a welfare state.
Apostolou also said that the next decade undoubtedly belongs to Larnaca and added that "it is commonly accepted that our city and province has been deprived of the development to which it was long entitled."
"A number of factors have created an important prospect for significant economic growth. It is important to us that this economic growth be combined with the well-being of our people and the maintenance of a high quality of life. We want to keep Larnaca human and warm, like its people, without excesses and developments outside its culture and character."
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