DIKO refers to the strike of AHK workers in a statement, claiming that, the dialogue between the staff unions of the Cyprus Electricity Authority and the government must begin immediately in order to avoid possible adverse impacts on households, businesses and other essential services and in order to lay the groundwork for rolling out permanent and rational solutions.
"The disturbance of industrial peace at AHK and plans for possible electricity cuts are part of the broader context of the problem," it says."
Then, through its statement, DIKO says: "Ultimately, what is it that threatens the safe operation of the system and generation adequacy:
strikes by workers;
or
the government's years of inaction and lack of planning when it comes to upgrading the energy grid, promoting renewable energy sources and reducing pollutants?
The question logically arises, "how is it possible that in 2019 the government was seeking to concentrate all the state's energy infrastructure in a single geographical location (Vasilikos area) which, it seems, would reduce the level of reliability of security of supply and further increase the risk of a total shutdown of the system?"
"It is now amply demonstrated that the Government has NOT foreseen in time nor taken the warnings seriously so that today it can meet the energy needs of the country", it concludes.
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