The Local Government reform is entering into infill just a few weeks after its bills were passed by the House of Representatives.
Yesterday's decision by the President of the Republic to refer part of the bill concerning the municipalities of Akamas and Polis Chrysochous, reinforced the reactions arising from various communities to their mergers with municipalities as well as voices that spoke of political expediency.
In particular, on the occasion of the impeachment of President Anastasiades, the Movement of Ecologists reacts and makes reference to alien interests "behind" this decision.
In a written statement, the member of the Central Committee of the Movement of Ecologists Haris Iosifidis says, among other things, that they believe that the arguments of the President are unfounded and unsubstantiated, while stressing that "the effort made was to create truly viable units of local government and not an impossible cluster of communities that could not adequately meet the needs of the residents of the region, due to a lack of sufficient population and resources."
He explains that "the Akamas Local Plan already contains part of Peyia, so the argument that the Municipality of Akamas does not correspond to the Akamas Local Plan is not valid."
The residents of Episkopi
At the same time, the Community of Episkopi joins the dance of reactions, not for the impeachment of the President but for its inclusion in the Municipality of Ipsona.
Specifically, the Episkopi Community Council invites its residents to a protest event to be held next Sunday (10.45 a.m.) at the Episkopi-Erimi bridge, on the old Limassol-Pafos road.
As it says in a statement, "the participation of all of us is deemed necessary, since others have decided the fate of our community, without our consent and based only on party or other interests."
"We believe that in Episkopi, a village with a name and a history, a robust community, deserves to have its true place on the map of local government and the opportunity of autonomy and independence," the Episkopi Community Council underlines.
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