With 26 votes in favor and 12 abstentions from AKEL and the Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation, the Plenary Session of the Parliament voted in favor of the budget of the T / C Property Management Fund.
The budget is not balanced and has a deficit of € 485.050, which is expected to be covered by the accumulated reserve of the T / C Property Management Fund, which until December 31, 2020 amounted to € 2.910.570.
This budget provides for expenses amounting to € 16.725.133 and revenues amounting to € 16.240.083, which come from a state sponsorship to the T / C Property Guardian (€ 7.500.000), from T / C Property rental rents (€ 4.840.040). 3.837.333) and from the execution of various projects, by the hourly paid staff of the technical crews, for a corresponding and equivalent expense in the budget of expenses, which is made for accounting purposes (€ XNUMX).
Ο Chairman of the Refugee Committee, AKEL MP Nikos Kettiros said they often hear about opacity, mismanagement, scandals, looting around this Fund, while they hear a lot of "wills" from the state on the issue when in fact nothing is done to change the management of T / C assets and they have been waiting for some years for the strategic plan regarding the criteria to be presented to them. He added that the knot has reached the scallop and that is why they have decided to abstain, asking for a plan and proper management of T / C assets whose value reaches around 15 billion euros.
Ο DIPA MP Michalis Giakoumi expressed satisfaction with the budget and focused on significant budget for repair and maintenance of T / C monuments, expressing the hope that the occupation regime will show the same respect. He also said that the fund could be increased for the maintenance and repair of T / C houses inhabited by E / C refugees, but also for the needs of refugees in settlements and self-housing.
Ο DISY MP Marios Mavridis said that The state is the administrator and guardian of the T / C properties and has the obligation to use them and to receive the maximum rent that it can and to return it in the form of an allowance for loss of use to the refugees.
Ο Member of DIKO Zacharias Koulias he mentioned that The Mayor of Paphos encroached on T / C properties and afflicts many refugees by entering the yards, spoiling, building, in an unacceptable practice that he applies without respecting the current legislation.
He also said that the practice of granting T / C property to non-displaced persons should be stopped.
Ο DISY MP Kyriakos Hatzigiannis, He said that we can not deal with the redistribution of house lots on the basis of other criteria since the refugee now has legal rights and we can not ignore them. He also said he would It should be prohibited by law for local administrations and non-refugees to use T / C property. He also stated that when the holder is prosecuted from the property because it was reclaimed by the rightful owner, no other right is restored to him and added that the holder has the legal right to claim the added value he has created.
Ο President of the Movement of Ecologists for Citizens' Cooperation Charalambos Theopemptou said no government seems to be taking action, There are heated discussions and there does not seem to be an end to the situation, so as a sign of protest they will abstain.