PASIKA's announcement
The continuous rise in the prices of raw materials is decimating the purchasing power of citizens as well as those who will visit the leisure centers in the summer season, reports the Pancypriot Association of Leisure Center Owners (PASIKA), calling, at the same time, the owners of leisure centers “where they can support the candidacies of their colleagues” in the upcoming municipal elections “to have their own voice in the new Municipal Councils”.
In a statement, PASSIKA states that the imposition of a zero VAT rate on some foods, e.g. pork “has long since disappeared”, adding that “from the first moment increases were imposed as a result of which the owners of leisure centers also buy more expensively and do not claim back the VAT”, while “the state loses revenue as it no longer collects the 5%”.
He also mentions, among other things, that the undocumented delays in the reductions in fuel also contribute to the drastic reduction of the world's purchasing power, while “the high price of energy (electricity – gas) holds capital place in this whole scene”.
He adds that “on the one hand the state cannot announce support for the mountainous regions and on the other hand Cyta announce the closure of the branch in Kakopetria”. and the need to staff the competent departments of the Ministry of Labor that examine the applications for staff recruitment, as well as the lack of substantial cooperation with the municipalities concerned.
The Association also expresses concern and reflection on the reform of of Local Government “and what will follow”, while he mentions that he has proposals for the management of organic and solid waste.
“All these reasons pushed PASIKA members to run for positions in some municipal councils in the upcoming municipal elections elections,” he concludes.
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