They "fish" for information on Facebook before giving bonuses to single parents

The admission of the representative of the Benefit Service in the Parliament caused a sensation that the Services "fish" information on facebook before giving benefits to the single parents.

As the President of the Pancyprian Association of Single-Parent Families and Friends, Argentoula Ioannou, explained on the front page, the Spokesman said that they look at Facebook to see if the person receiving the allowance has a partnership. The debate on single parents and their problems began in the Human Rights Committee last Monday.

"Instead of supporting the single parents, the state polices them. We call for the expansion of protection… The assumptions made are the stripping of the state

Because the coexistence of a single parent means the end of support. "Does the spouse have a legal obligation to support the family?", Said Ms. Ioannou.

"To do a substantial research. "Will we forbid people to love each other?" He asked.

"How do we solve the demographic problem if we do not support these families. "These are about 35 thousand families across Cyprus," he said.

"Single parents are not included in the vulnerable groups. "We asked them to join the vulnerable groups in order to have reductions in electricity or in state institutes, for example", said Ms. Ioannou.

Her entire intervention in the video that follows.

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