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The support measures announced by the government for accuracy are "one-breath" and "lack depth", said today the Secretary General of AKEL, Stefanos Stefanou, who spoke of a lack of a long-term strategy to deal with the problem.
In statements on the sidelines of AKEL's provincial conference in Limassol, Stefanos Stefanou said that "measures are needed, because accuracy really causes huge problems for households and the economy, especially for the most vulnerable groups of the population, and it is something we have stressed many, many times."
The government has been slow, he said, expressing the view that "the measures are one-off, they have no depth and it is obvious that there is no strategy to deal with the problem in depth, because unfortunately the problem has come and will stay for some time."
He noted that no decision was taken to tackle obscenity, "because obscenity exists, there are several oligopolies in Cyprus in several sectors, there are increases and controls need to be tighter."
Saying that AKEL has specific proposals, he indicated that on Monday the abolition of double taxation on fuel by the end of the year will be discussed in the Parliamentary Finance Committee.
"It is strange that for some time now, international oil prices have been falling, but in Cyprus, retail prices are soaring and constantly increasing," Stefanou wondered, adding that while AKEL has been stressing this for a long time, "the government's constant refrain is that it does not see obscenity."
He also referred to the party's proposal to the Parliamentary Trade Committee to broaden the reasons for imposing a cap on fuel, indicating that "now the only reason is obscenity."
" When the Ministry and the Government continuously establish that there is no obscenity, no cap is issued, while in the proposed law we have tabled, the reasons for issuing a cap also include the reasons for issuing a cap on other essential goods," he added.
In this way, he concluded, there will not be this excuse for the Government to issue a cap only because of the existence of obscenity.
Source: CNA
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