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AKEL Calls for Resignation of Agriculture Minister

Published February 26, 2026, 14:09
AKEL Calls for Resignation of Agriculture Minister

AKEL is calling for the resignation of the Minister of Agriculture due to the government's inability to manage critical issues in the agricultural sector. MP Yannakis Gavriel, President of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, states that the foot-and-mouth disease crisis is the last straw, adding to previous failures in dealing with wildfires and the water problem. Mr. Gavriel accuses the government of inadequacy and carelessness in preventing and managing the foot-and-mouth disease crisis, pointing out the economic losses for livestock farmers and the risks to the sustainability of the sector. He also criticizes the government's attempt to disclaim responsibility and blame the livestock farmers. AKEL believes that the resignation of the Minister of Agriculture is an act of elementary political decency and serving the public interest. It emphasizes the need for accountability, seriousness, adequacy and responsibility in addressing the sector's problems. Finally, it calls on the President of the Republic to take responsibility and exercise his institutional role.

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