According to an AKEL statement, Mr. Stefanou, after a meeting with EDON's Young Workers Department, said that we share "the young people's anxieties about the situation in which they live and support EDON's efforts to tackle this problem."
He added that this is precisely why AKEL is "working towards tackling the poverty which has intensified because of the war in Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine."
As the AKEL General Secretary said, the party "with various initiatives, both inside and outside Parliament, is trying to convince the Government to take further measures so that we enable society and the economy to cope, as far as possible, with this very bad situation".
He went on to say that "AKEL has tabled a proposal for a law to end the double taxation on fuel" and "a proposal for a law to widen the possibility for the competent minister regarding the issuing of a cap on fuel prices".
In his statements, the Secretary General of AKEL said that "in Europe there are specific decisions that have been taken by a number of governments of the member states of the European Union regarding the issuance of caps on both fuel and electricity and basic goods".
He added that "here, this tool has not been used and the obscenity and oligopolies that exist in important sectors of the economy should also be struck down."
As Mr. Stefanou, "it is also known that AKEL submitted a Proposal for a Law which was passed by the large majority of the Parliament, for a reduction of VAT on the price of electricity, but the issue is pending because the President of the Republic mentioned the matter which is before the Supreme Court."
"We consider these and various other proposals to be very important so that we can enable people, businesses, society and the economy to cope with this difficult situation we are going through," said the AKEL Secretary General.
He congratulated the EDON "for the campaign it is carrying out in order to highlight the big problem facing the young generation under the weight of a period in which the prices of basic goods have really shot up".
He said "at a time when young people's wages and incomes are pinned down and reduced, resulting in huge problems for a young man and woman to make a living."
He added that "EDON's campaign is not only to highlight the problem but also to put forward a series of proposals to address them."
"We congratulate EDON for its effort and we are fellow travellers, because young people must be helped in this difficult situation in which we find ourselves," concluded the Secretary General of AKEL.
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