by bill cobbett » Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:28 pm
Yes, here's the item on the situation with the non-payment to "trnc" as reported by the CY PIO..
..."1. AKP showing his frustration for Kucuk government fall by not sending on time the salaries of the civil servants
Turkish Cypriot daily Afrika newspaper (01.07.13) reports that Ankara which was not pleased with the fall of Irsen Kucuk “government”, did not send to the breakaway regime the money for the civil servants June salaries, sending to the employees the message that if the National Unity Party (UBP) is not elected again, their job is in trouble.
The salaries were expected to be paid last Friday and many persons faced various difficulties because their salaries were not paid on time, according to the paper.
Afrika also writes that the former “minister of finance” Ersin Tatar, who was among the persons who did not receive his money on time, stated that he was not able to pay for his loan a statement which caused a lot of reaction in the breakaway regime.
Commenting on the issue, UBP stated that while they were on “power”, there was no delay in salaries and pensions and added that the parties which formed the current “government” blame Turkey for the developments while they should blame their own incompetence.
On her part, the “prime minister” Sibel Siber, stated that the salaries are expected to be paid today, blaming the delay to technical issues.
The chairman of the United Cyprus Party (BKP) Izzet Izcan said that the financial protocol signed between Turkey and the breakaway regime must be cancelled and a news plan must be written by various institutions in occupied Cyprus. He also said that the period that “Ankara was taking the decisions and Lefkosia was putting them into action” belongs to the past.
Under the title “Salaries crisis”, Haberdar (01.07.13) reports on the same issue and writes that a political message was sent by Ankara which showed its reaction to the political developments and to the fall of the Kucuk “government”.
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In addition, illegal Bayrak (01.07.13) broadcast that the self-styled prime minister Siber making statements following a meeting of the “council of ministers” stated that they will not be able to pay the salaries of the civil servants today because the technical problems faced by the |government” continues. She said that they will try to pay at least 60% of the employees today and the rest will be paid soon. ..."