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The President of the Republic Mr.Nicos Christodoulides made statements to journalists today, while attending the PWC Conference in Limassol.
Asked to comment on the criticisms about the increases in goods prices and interest rates, the President of the Republic said that he is following the statements made, adding that "the first thing I would like to say is that we have a particular sensitivity, first and foremost, I personally have a particular sensitivity to this issue. At the same time, I have the responsibility, and as a government we have the responsibility, of proper management of the economic data of our country. When you are either in opposition or not in the position where you have to manage such data on a daily basis, you can very easily announce measures.
We have already taken specific measures and we are evaluating the data on a daily basis as they take shape, and I do not rule out any announcements if and when we find that on the one hand, yes, there is a need and I can see that there is, but at the same time we have the fiscal data of our country and it is our responsibility to see how things are developing after three months and after six months.
More generally, I say as a government, I have mentioned it many times during the election campaign, I am not a supporter of horizontal measures, but I am a supporter of more targeted measures for those of our compatriots who are facing (problems), because we have to admit that there are some people who are facing more problems. We are particularly sensitive to this issue, we monitor and evaluate it on a daily basis.
Even next week when I will be in New York, it is one of the issues that will be on my mind, I will be in constant contact with Cyprus, I will also have important contacts there in relation to the economic data of our country and, yes, I do not rule out that announcements will be made."
Even next week when I will be in New York, it will be one of the issues that will be on my mind, I will be in constant contact with Cyprus, I will also have important contacts there in relation to the economic data of our country and, yes, I do not rule out that announcements will be made.
In response to a journalist's remark that the subsidy for electricity was stopped in the summer while fuel prices continue to rise, the President said that "we have seen in the very recent past in this country, the not good management of finances where it has led us, and I don't think anybody, even the political parties, nobody, much less the Cypriot people, because I am accountable to the Cypriot people, to the Cypriot society, do not want us to return to these kinds of conditions that wrong economic policies have led us to.
My own sensitivity is much greater, I am in a position of responsibility and I fully understand, I am in daily contact with society. At the same time, I have a huge responsibility for the fiscal data of our country and to see the developments that are coming. For the first time, in a few days the Government will submit the first budget to the House of Representatives, it is a budget that takes these data into account, a surplus budget that has the people at the centre of the policies proposed through the budget. And you will see it and we will be here to discuss it."
Asked if there is anything new in relation to his meeting with the UN Secretary General and the Turkish Cypriot leader in New York, the President said that so far there is nothing, adding that "we are in contact with the UN Secretariat, with the EU, it is not usual to have such meetings in New York with European leaders but I have arranged a meeting with Mr. Michel and Mrs. von der Leyen to see how through their contacts with the Secretary General they can help us."
Asked to comment on statements made by Mr. Tatar's statements about changing the basis of the solution, the President of the Republic said that "all this is out of the question, changing the basis of the Cyprus solution, and this is not only the position of our side but also of the international community."
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