The Government is coming on the counter-attack after the statements of the Secretary General of AKEL, in view of today's Labour Day anniversary.
Specifically, in a written reply, Government Spokesman Marios Pelekanos says that, unfortunately, the AKEL General Secretary "the memories of the workers of the works and days of the AKEL government and the tragic result for them are still fresh:
Abolition of ATA, which was reinstated by the Anastasiades government, uncontrolled unemployment which was practically annihilated by the Anastasiades government, young scientists being forced to emigrate and thousands of households resorting to social groceries".
"Within a very short time, the government not only reversed the climate, but also created conditions for unprecedented growth," he added.
He also said that today "we are only one step away from the agreement on the minimum wage, which is of historic importance for workers. And all this despite the fact that the present government had to face not only the scorched earth delivered by AKEL but also the unprecedented in world history crisis of the pandemic, and today the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine."
"Therefore, when the Secretary General of AKEL speaks about the workers, he should know that they are not masses, as AKEL likes to describe them, but citizens with memory and crisis," he concludes.
Response from DISY
In a written statement, DISY's press spokesman, Dimitris Demetriou, also responds in turn to the Secretary General of AKEL.
His statement. Neither for the establishment of the minimum wage, nor for the increase in maternity leave, nor for the establishment of paternity leave, nor for the minimum guaranteed income, nor even for the General Health System.
On the other hand, when AKEL refers to the truncated ATA, it is good to say who truncated it. When they call for the abolition of the 12% early pensions, it is good to say when and who imposed it. Both are AKEL policies.
And precisely because citizens have both memory and judgment, they do not buy AKEL's slogans. Citizens want to live in security and stability. They want to continue to have prospects for development and continuous improvement of their quality of life.
The Democratic Rally can and will continue to offer citizens the security, stability and prospects that they have today and that they want to continue to have."
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