Persons don’t change the political philosophy that guide the Anastasiades-DISY administration
AKEL C.C. Press Office, 14th February 2018, Nicosia
The composition of the new Ministerial Council by Mr. Anastasiades does not surprise us not one bit. We had no doubt that Mr. Anastasiades’ pre-election rhetoric about a government of “broad acceptance” would result in the formation of a DISY party government.
Neither do the slogans about a government of “broad social consensus” convince anyone. A government is not judged by personalities; it is judged by its policies. Persons do not change the political philosophy that guide the Anastasiades-DISY administration. It is this philosophy that has dramatically increased social inequality, given a lot to the privileged few and very little to the majority of the people; a philosophy that was denounced for the phenomena of interwoven interests and corruption and unprecedented clashes with various institutions.
Each Minister will be judged by how he/she acts. As AKEL, it goes without saying that we disagree with the philosophy of the Anastasiades-DISY Government. As a consequence, our criticism will be strict, but objective. Wherever and whenever we consider that something serves the interests of the country and the people we will make a constructive contribution to its implementation. If not, we will exercise our role as the powerful force of the opposition.
