Fierce attack against the Finance Minister, the government and the Democratic Rally, AKEL, through the party's Press Spokesman George Koukoumas, has once again launched an attack on the Minister of Finance and the government, asking the government to respect its signature on the dialogue on ATA.
In a written statement, Mr Koukumas said that the Finance Minister finally admitted that the government refuses to restore ATA. In fact, he adds that Mr. Petrides confirmed that they will not even respect the agreement concluded by the Ministry of Labour to open a dialogue between trade unions and employers' organisations on the ATA.
"No surprise. That's the Coalition. They reject the workers' demands. They despise social gains. They are indifferent to the punctuality that crushes workers. And on top of that, they even prevent dialogue. Callousness and arrogance at the expense of the people," it says.
AKEL, it adds, demands that the government first of all respect its signature. At the same time, it points out that its party joins with local workers who are demanding that the ATA be fully restored and extended to cover every worker in the country.
"The ATA was and is a mechanism that protects the income of workers and today it can become a shield of protection for households. We reiterate that along with the ATA, drastic measures are needed for accuracy: reduction of VAT on basic goods, cap on fuel, abolition of double taxation on fuel," the statement concludes.
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