The great march of three guilds of the "public" takes place in the occupied areas of Kyrenia in Nicosia and in the "parliament".
The procession is organized by the guilds KAMU-İŞ, KTAMS and KAMU-SEN with the title "No to Poverty" with the participants wearing black T-shirts with the specific slogan. They walk on the highway, shouting slogans and whistles.
Meanwhile, yesterday the guilds of Turkish teachers and professors held a symbolic protest in front of the "parliament" due to the reduction of the value of TL and consequently the reduction of purchasing power.
They held banners that read "You with the election campaign and we with the campaign to get by", "1 pound 18 TL", "In January the pound is 10.11, in December 18.09. "What have you done for the citizens?" The two unions submitted a package of proposals with 27 points to address the situation.
Their joint statement states that from July until today gasoline has increased by 71%, from July until today milk has increased by 45%, from August until today LPG has increased by 56% and bread by 78%, while from on September 1 until today the value of TL against the dollar decreased by 66%.
As a first measure in their package, the teachers propose the change to the euro, as a second measure they propose the reduction of the number of "deputies", according to the official data of the population in the northern part of the island, from 50 to 30 and saving the salaries of twenty deputies ", In the same way reducing the 28" municipalities "and saving money from it.
They also propose that there be cuts in the "public" high-wage earners starting from the "top" and with this money to support low-wage earners and people who are paid the minimum wage.
(KYPE / RPA / AGK)