AKEL's positions on the situation and the effort to deal with the pandemic were conveyed to the President of the Republic, said the party's Secretary General, Andros Kyprianou, saying that President Anastasiadis promised to convene a meeting of political parties with the Minister of Health and the epidemiologists. week.
At the meeting, he said, he stressed that only two parameters can not be taken into account. "Certainly the issue of public health is the most important of all and this should guide all our action and effort as a state," he added. At the same time, he continued, other parameters that are also extremely important must be taken into account.
Mr. Kyprianou stated that first and foremost in terms of mental health the problems have multiplied and research by two professors of the University of Cyprus, who has already been awarded the Researcher Award, should be used, and the Ministry of Health would be useful to take into account , as he said.
Certainly, he said, economic activity is hugely important so that people can live at a tolerable level and not be driven into poverty, but social activity and action as well as political action are also important.
The political parties under the chairmanship of President Anastasiadis and in the presence of the epidemiological group, said the General Secretary of AKEL, should discuss in order to convince that there is a possibility, taking the necessary protection measures, to operate other activities.
"I can not understand, for example, why conservatories can not operate, why restaurants can not operate with the necessary precautions." Conservatories, he said, can operate with a teacher and a student saying the schools operate without causing problems.
These and many more can be reviewed as soon as possible, added Mr. Kyprianou, saying that they do not have to wait until March 15. Taking the necessary precautions, he went on to see how music scenes, theaters, culture in general, conservatories, canteens, and political activity reopen.
The UN, the human rights committee, the CoE, the ECtHR have repeatedly stressed that tackling the pandemic should not cause problems for freedom of expression and the right of assembly, he said. "These are our demands to be respected in Cyprus."
Andros Kyprianou said that the President of the Republic promised to convene a meeting next week, of the political parties together with the Minister of Health and the epidemiologists to discuss all these issues. He hopes and wishes, said Mr. Kyprianou, in that meeting that the right decisions will be taken so that on the one hand they will effectively deal with public health issues, but also issues of mental health, social, economic and political activity.