Taking civil servants off the road

Sir,

I think that the so-called Public Holiday (when only government employees get the day off, not the public) declared for the day of the funeral of ex-President Tassos Papadopoulos, proved the point of my letter a few weeks ago that government offices should be moved out of Nicosia.

The normal morning rush hour didn’t exist and there were no police at any of the major junctions to assist with the traffic flow, as they were all in the area of the Ayia Sophia church, the venue for the funeral service, from before 7.30am.

Any “public” that disagrees?

Martin Rodger, Nicosia

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