What the parties say
Endless history seems to be the issue with the study of the National Guard in British Universities after the decision of the Government to grant a suspension to those who will go to study this year.
At the same time, despite the decision to cover the needs of the National Guard by the men who will be suspended, the Plenary Session of the Parliament will be called on Friday (18/09) to vote on an additional budget for the recruitment of SOP to cover the positions of soldiers.
YPAM - No suspension if the budget is not voted
In his statements yesterday, Monday (14/09), the Minister of Defense clarified that if there is no approval by the Parliament of the budget for the recruitment of SOP in order to fill the positions of the soldiers who will ask for suspension for the British Universities, the decision will not proceed. suspension of their term of office.
As he explained, the lack of a SYOP number is not related to its suspension. These are two separate issues, as he said, and the positions for SYOP that are reduced will be filled anyway, while the issue of the term will not be suspended if there is no promotion and voting of the budget.
What the parties in Offsite say
DISY
On the part of DISY's Costas Konstantinos, he stated that "the case is pending and they expect to see what the development will be".
Costas Costa - AKEL
As AKEL MP Costas Costa stated to Offsite, this situation creates terrible problems. Initially, the decision to suspend the term creates inequalities between young people who will go to study and those who will not, while as he states, the negotiations on this issue were too late to take place. "The government should have negotiated with Britain at the time of the Brexit talks, not in recent months when the problem arose. "There have been omissions on the part of the Government."
According to Mr. Costas, the number of students who would study at a British university increased significantly compared to the original one, as after the announcement for suspension of term, several students considered the issue over and hurried to enroll. number to be around 300 young people.
At the same time, as the MP underlines at the moment, the item that is called to be voted for the budget for SYOP is very large while "and to vote there is not the appropriate time for the procedures to proceed".
While the icing on the cake, according to Mr. Costas, is the fact that "the people will pay for the incompetence of the Government and in addition with the voting of the budget for the SYOP, the final responsibility falls on the parties that had no involvement in the issue".
Marinos Sizopoulos - EDEK
"There are some issues that need serious clarification and investigation:
An additional budget is coming without yet knowing the actual number of students who will receive this benefit and the number of SYOP. At the moment the number is at 200 SYOP, ie they estimate that there will be 250 students. However, the students up to last week were 296 and that was not the final number. How does a complementary number come without knowing the actual number of students?
Is there a way if the Government wants to proceed with this decision without the involvement of the Parliament, why do they not use this way and insist on the involvement of the Parliament? And in fact a parliament that had no involvement and information on the issue. What happens will depend on the final position of the parties on Friday.
We, for our part, will decide on Thursday after a meeting of the party on this issue ".
Pavlos Mylonas - DIKO
"Our position is known. We believe that the Government, through its failure and sloppiness, has unfortunately created many categories of victims who will pay the price. Her actions were misguided and she is now trying to shift her responsibilities to Parliament with an additional budget. If the Government wants, it can solve the issue without an additional budget, we have expressed our disagreement from the beginning and we believe that it is its obligation to find a solution for everyone.
We may not need to get to the Plenary. Maybe the Finance Committee that will meet on Thursday will tell the Government to get funds from the Ministry. Defense and proceed to the recruitment of SYOP in this way ".
Source: Offsite