A state with specific and limited territorial and budgetary possibilities cannot receive, feed, house, house, treat and generally take care of asylum seekers on a daily basis, when they add up to a particularly high 6% of the local population, said before the plenary session of the Parliament, during the second day of debate on the state budget, Chrisis Pantelidis, MP of DIKO. He added that this is by far the highest percentage in the European Union, which convinces any well-meaning observer of this modern, massive and, to a large extent, organised movement of people from Africa and Asia to Europe, mainly via Turkey, of the magnitude of the problem in Cyprus.
Pantelidis said that the Cyprus problem, the increased arrivals of asylum seekers in the free areas, the economic conditions and the reduced confidence of society in the institutions, make up the Cypriot social and political reality on the threshold of 2023. He added that in this local and international environment, the responsibility of the legislative and executive branches of government, with respect of course to their different and distinct roles, is both great and historic. He also stated that it is not vision that is mostly lacking in the country, but the efficiency, unity and collectivity of the political staff.
"There is no point in dwelling on the past causes of the problems that our fellow human beings face every day, but there is also meaning and value in solving these problems in the present and competing for better options in the future," Pantelidis said. He added that these principles led the Democratic Party and Nicolas Papadopoulos to go beyond and the political decision to support Nikos Christodoulides. "We believe that the majority of the Cypriot people, which we call upon to turn into a social majority on February 5, will decide the same," Pantelidis said.
Source: CNA
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