Hypocrisy of our politicians

If the mountains catch fire we are very happy to allow helicopters and military personnel from the British Bases to help douse the flames.

When it comes to helping stop an illegal activity like bird trapping, however, suddenly the same forces are “colonial remnants” according to our illustrious politicians.

I’m sure the condemnation by EDEK leader Yiannakis Omirou, EVROKO’s Rikkos Erotokritou and – heavens above- the Green Party (who you would have thought would fully support all efforts to preserve our bio diversity and prevent the slaughter of endangered and protected species) is not indicative of a taste for ambellopoulia, but for politicians and MPs to speak of the “respect for the rights of residents” over and above the duty of those resident to respect the law of the land smacks of double standards and hypocrisy of the highest order.

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