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he most recent commitment and promise is to create development projects, both in Paphos and Nicosia. The President of the Republic announced the implementation of projects totaling 173.9 million euro for the city and district of Nicosia, for completion by the end of the year or early 2016. He also announced new projects € 60 million in Paphos.
These projects were characterized as “Projects that give breath”, since they will employ people and will provide economic development for the country. But in reality, is this all about or it is just commitments in the shadow of the upcoming parliamentary elections in May 2016? There were numerous commitments of Nicos Anastassiades’ government during the pre-election period during the governance of two years. He was committed not to accept a bail-in, to reduce unemployment, to support the vu l n e r a b l e
society groups, to guarantee the minimum income, to safeguard wages and pensions and to protect the primary residence and the public wealth. No commitment was materialized. Instead, during those two years, unemployment rose to 16%, salaries and pensions were reduced, the first residence and the small professional settler are on disposal, public services were privatized and the minimum income policy kept out the 60% of people. Although the government announced these projects, it is clear that the government policy is not profitable for the society and Cyprus, but it is dangerous since it dismantled the social state that the government of Demetris Christofias’ created. We hope that these promises will not end up like the rest of the communicative “tricks” of the government in the shadow of the parliamentary elections of May 2016.
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