A call to those "who are truly anxious and concerned about our country to see how we can find a common thread to see how the policies being followed today on the Cyprus problem, corruption and corruption issues and socio-economic issues are changing," AKEL MP Andros Kyprianou said, referring to all these issues.
During his speech in Parliament, Kyprianou said that the President's "accusation to AKEL" that with the comprehensive proposal on the Cyprus problem, he is asking for many concessions to be made before negotiations begin, is a lie. "Either Mr Anastasiades did not read our proposal, or those who prepared a 5-page summary note for him did not understand what they read." Kyprianou said that AKEL asks that we respect the agreements with the TCs, that there be no backtracking.
He asked why Turkey was facilitated to follow the unacceptable policy it is pursuing today, noting that "the last act" for sanctions against Turkey was played the day before yesterday and "we put on a list 5 people and two private companies in Turkey and that's it". Turkey, he said, has become more aggressive than ever, especially in the EEZ, and is pushing for fait accompli in Varosha that if done would be the tombstone of the Cyprus problem. Under the Anastasiades government, he added, we are closer to the final partition.
Commenting on a reference to the DISY President's speech on Wednesday on the public debt under the Christofias government, Kyprianou referred him to his own tweet at the end of 2018 that in 2012 the public debt was 80%. He also said that services are being purchased by the private sector in the public sector, while the rulers are preparing to raise the corporate tax to 15% while they opposed it when Christofias temporarily wanted to raise it from 10% to 11.5%.
He also mentioned that there are still social grocery stores today but they are not shown in the media. On the 700-800 euro salaries for young people, he said that they are "the generation that will live worse than the previous generations lived."
Source: CNA
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