Statement by Marina Stavrinou, Head of AKEL’s Immigration Policy Bureau On the occasion of the incidents that took place at the Pournara Temporary Reception Centre for Asylum Seekers and the relevant statements of the competent Interior Minister, AKEL would like to repeat the following:
Read MoreStatement by the Immigration Policy Bureau of AKEL Once again we are witnesses to a distressing development, the result of the deteriorating situation that exists at the Pournara Temporary Reception Centre for Asylum Seekers. This is not the first time that we, as AKEL, have warned that the inhumane living conditions are driving the people who are hosted there to their limits.
Read MoreStatement by AKEL-Left-New Forces Parliamentary Representative Giorgos Loucaides Yesterday’s serious accusations made by the nurses’ union PASYNO, as well as the doctor’s union PASYKI, reaffirm what AKEL and many others have been denouncing about the problematic management by the Health Ministry and state health services OKYPY with regards the effective preparation of the public health system to confront the pandemic. Understaffing, inadequate staff training, erroneous organization and planning, insufficient equipment and development of infrastructures in all hospitals, are just some of the realities that are being brought to the fore.
Read MoreStatement by AKEL C.C. Spokesperson Stefanos Stefanou on DISY Vice President’s statements calling for “a new realism” At the same time as the revelations are mounting that President Anastasiades was discussing behind the backs of the people a two state solution on the Cyprus problem, the Vice President of ruling DISY Haris Georgiades with his continuous interventions is expressing views in favor of a “new realism” on the Cyprus problem, with which he consciously does not exclude partitionist solutions.
Read MoreStatement by Christos Christofides, AKEL Political Bureau member, on Anastasiades’ handling of the pandemic and the support measures announced yesterday In an interview today, President Anastasiades claims that there was no delay on the part of the government in the handling of the pandemic.
Read MoreStatement by AKEL C.C. Spokesperson Stefanos Stefanou The Ministry of Health isn’t providing answers about what is actually happening on the vaccinations issue and this raises even more concerns.
Read MoreStatement by AKEL C.C. Spokesperson Stefanos Stefanou on the Justice Minister’s abuse of power The Minister of Justice E.Yioliti is charged with an unprecedented behavior of abuse of power towards a citizen. If she doesn’t realize it, then the President of the Republic – who appointed her – must point this out to her so that she will take on the political responsibility.
Read MoreStatement by AKEL C.C. Spokesperson Stefanos Stefanou Society is very concerned about the development and handling of the pandemic in our country. Everyone now realizes that government’s handling is ineffective, despite the government’s communication efforts to hide it. It is obvious that a number of measures are contradictory, disproportionate and amateur.
Read MoreStatement by AKEL C.C. Spokesperson Stefanos Stefanou The case of the Justice Minister E.Yioliti is extremely serious and we will not let her cover up the issue unless convincing answers are given. Citizens have a right to know if one day the police will raid their homes and seize their computers, if they criticize or satirize the government and its Ministers.
Read MoreArticle by the General Secretary of AKEL Andros Kyprianou in the special edition of “Phileleftheros”: “The day after – How we move forward” The pandemic has revealed the weaknesses and problems of the economy that the Government has all this time been hiding under the carpet of a supposed “success story”. It is estimated that the recession will reach unprecedented levels, increasing uncertainty and insecurity for a large section of society.
Read More
