Ensuring a derogation for selective vulture hunting - how it remains to be seen when the strategic plan is announced - is not only expected to provoke a furious reaction and complaints from environmental organizations at European level but also intra-party conflicts - similar to those of the agreement - parliamentary parties, namely those that share the 11 seats in the province of Famagusta, in case they are called to take a position on a relevant legislation, either to support the plan or to prevent it.
As is well known, poaching with nets and nets is rampant in the Famagusta area much more than any other area. In the debate that opened on the occasion of the approval by the Council of Ministers, on May 13, of the strategic plan for dealing with the illegal trapping of wild birds and the notification by the Ministry of Interior that in order to achieve the primary goal of the plan, only selective hunting is possible. of Ampelopoulos, by way of derogation, under strict terms and conditions, the position of the major parliamentary parties, namely DISY, AKEL, DIKO and EDEK, was requested on the issue. It is well known and expected that the Ecologists' movement opposes any attempt to legalize the hunting of vine birds. As it appears from the answers received, no party, except DIKO, - it is not excluded that the departure of Koulias from Famagusta did not facilitate it! takes responsibility for following a line in the matter. The reasons, of course. In addition to the fact that many MPs and other politicians are mezecels of their kind, their leadership must maintain the balance between environmentally sensitive MPs and those from free Famagusta and their votes in 2016 will largely depend on the… vines !Adamos wants the plan
However, before analyzing the positions of the parties, it should be clarified that no one knows exactly what will ultimately be included in this strategic plan. That is why the chairman of the Environment Committee and AKEL MP Dr. Adamos Adamou sent last Thursday a letter asking the Minister of Interior to submit it to the committee as soon as possible. "As is well known, illegal bird trapping is an issue that has long preoccupied the parliamentary environment committee and therefore the strategic plan should be presented to it for its information purposes," the letter said. Dr. Adamou stated that "we will have to wait and see what the plan provides, but I, as the chairman of the committee, without prejudging the positions of my colleagues in the committee or AKEL, will not consent to any deviation."Pending DISY - AKEL
DISY spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said that the issue has not been raised in any body of the party, not even in the parliamentary group. He referred to an initiative - and therefore not a position of the party - of the Famagusta MP Eugenios Hamboullas, who for three years has been trying to convince the Ministry of Interior of the benefits of hunting vultures with firecrackers, airguns and slingshots. "Currently, there is no object on which we should stand," explained Mr. Prodromou, who, however, assured that if the need arises, DISY will make its decisions.
In turn, the spokesman of AKEL George Loukaidis said that so far has not been discussed in the collective bodies of the party and has not dealt with the issue of chickens and their hunting. He referred us to the MP of the AKEL team and president of the Environment Committee, Dr. Adamos Adamou.No "from DIKO
Only the position of the deputy spokesperson of DIKO Athos Antoniadis was clear. "The 'issue' concerning the hunting of vultures is not something new or recent. At the same time, the use of rods, nets and other non-selective methods for hunting birds, which are the 'traditional' ways of hunting in Cyprus, is prohibited by both a European directive and national legislation. Therefore, any discussion on hunting of vines ended and the issue was closed with the acceptance of the above by Mr. Vassilios (then head of the accession negotiations) during the presidency of Glafkos Clerides, when the Cyprus-EU accession talks were held. At the moment, this issue is irrelevant and there is no reason to discuss it for the purpose of impressions ".EDEK wants a scam
EDEK told us that they oppose the use of either nets or mimicry equipment for the mass trapping of birds (in this case vultures) and agree that such methods of trapping and killing birds that are destructive to the environment must be combated. With regard to xoverga, they agree that there should be restrictions on their mass use and the commercialization of such an activity. "At the same time, however, in certain cases, the right to use woodpeckers should be reconsidered, such as when it comes to protecting agricultural land, as it has been a traditional way of 'hunting' for many years."Source: "POLITIS" newspaper