Tenekka has always disproved the polls for the Democratic Rally and will do so in this election as well, said the candidate for the presidency of the Republic, President of DISY, Averof Neophytou, while at the same time he predicts that the problems from the wave of accuracy will intensify in the autumn.
Neophytou, who visited a shipping company in Limassol this morning, was responding to a question about the polls and the percentages his candidacy is garnering in them. Let the pollsters get on with their work andi "the tenekka, not many times, always for DISY disproved the polls," he said.
Expressing confidence that this will also happen in the upcoming presidential elections, the DISY President pointed out that in the last parliamentary elections "all the pollsters, all the polls showed, five days before the elections, DISY from 19 to 20% without recourse and second party". "The tenekka contradicted the polls and even the exit polls," he added and recalled that DISY is the party of Glafkos Clerides and "we learned to work well for the tenekka".
Referring to accuracy, Neophytou said that "we are entering the hard times, accuracy is here and unfortunately it will stay and unfortunately its factors are exogenous". "I don't want to panic public opinion I just like to inform and prepare," he said, stressing that "in the autumn things will be perhaps unfortunately more difficult and we need to be careful."
We need, he continued, to keep the Cypriot economy strong, to keep the credibility of the country high so that the strong economy and the credibility of the country can have the capacity to support and we will need to additionally support the vulnerable groups of the population. "That is why we need, not conflicts, understanding," he added.
Additionally, referring to the national minimum wage, Averof Neophytou said that this is a necessity and DISY is confident that in the coming weeks "we will have good news." "I am optimistic that a solution to this issue will be found through social dialogue and the initiatives of the Government and our President, and I declare that," he said, stressing that "we owe it to the hundreds of thousands of workers."
At the same time, he indicated that the national minimum wage will not be at the expense of businesses, because they will also be part of the social dialogue, while the minimum wage to a worker can also help increase his productivity.
"We must look at both sides of the coin. On the one hand, we do not want to hurt the viability of Cypriot SMEs, on the other hand, with punctuality being the biggest scourge globally and in our country, we must also think about the people who go with one day's wages at the end of the month," he said.
The DISY President also expressed his joy at the fact that a crèche is operating at the shipping company he visited, for the convenience of working mothers. "The policy we have announced for crèches in workplaces is something that has already been put into practice in this shipping company," he said, adding that this "is a standard that we want to establish in all large private companies as well as in large semi-public organisations."
Source: CNA
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