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CRISIS CHIPRE
La influyente Iglesia de Chipre quiere implicarse en la solución de la crisis
EFE Economía Nicosia 29 MAR 2013 - 18:04 CET
CYPRUS CRISIS
The influential Church of Cyprus wants to get involved in solving the crisis
Economy EFE Nicosia 29 MAR 2013 - 18:04 CET
The Church of Cyprus, openly critical of the agreement with the Eurogroup, has stepped forward and said to be involved in resolving the crisis, using his contacts abroad, especially in Russia.
"Unfortunately our partners in the European Union maintained an unacceptable position," lamented Archbishop Jrisóstomos II, which previously had ruled in favor of the release of his country in the euro zone.
"I thought I could show solidarity. Solidarity But neither there, nor no respect, they took us by the throat, strangling our economy, the dissolved and think anything will remain standing," he says in an interview with Efe.
Jrisóstomos leads since 2006 the Autocephalous Church of Cyprus, Orthodox rite, which has always been influential in the country, as evidenced by the fact that after gaining independence in 1960, the first Cypriot President Archbishop Makarios III was.
But the social and political influence, the Church unites Cypriot economic: it is the largest landowner in the country and has interests in various companies, including KEO brewery that produces beer of the same name present in all bars and restaurants in the country .
In banking, the Church possesses 16.4% of Hellenic Bank, which has escaped bank restructuring, and 100 million in shares of the Bank of Cyprus, who will take the healthy part of the bankrupt Banco Popular (Laiki) and their debts to the European Central Bank (ECB), so Jrisóstomos ecclesiastical considered lost investment.
"I did not know Laiki ECB had received about 9,000 million euros. And these debts go to the Bank of Cyprus, which means that also break the bank" complaint.
"If it collapses the Bank of Cyprus, which is the mainstay of the economy of Cyprus, in this country there will be nothing left standing," he stresses.
Before the second match Eurogroup, which provides a thorough restructuring of the banking sector in Cyprus and remove deposits above 100,000 euros at the Bank of Cyprus and the People, Jrisóstomos had offered mortgage the "great property" of the Church by value of 2,000 million euros to support the banking and avoid bankruptcy.
Now, however, this plan has backtracked saying: "We will not compromise the church property to be lost because they so chose another."
The Church of Cyprus is inextricably linked to politics, and in fact his opposition to the Annan Plan for reunification with the Turkish Cypriot side of the island, which he called "invention of the devil" - was one of the factors that contributed to the vast majority of Greek Cypriots would vote against him in the 2004 referendum.
The current chief is also deprived of political commentary and during the last presidential election was in favor of the Conservative candidate and eventual winner, Nikos Anastasiadis.
On the current situation, split between the bankers blame the previous government - "for not taking any action and have spent a lot of money" - and the troika of international lenders: "It came to despacharnos".
In his view, both the central bank governor, Panikos Dimitriadis, as Finance Minister Michalis Sarris, "should resign."
Jrisóstomos told Efe that the Church is developing a plan to help the people of Cyprus to weather the difficult economic situation in which he finds himself.
"We have a warehouse that distributes food to all parishes, but we know this will not be enough", since it considers that the number of those in need will double soon.
For this reason, this food aid "must be accompanied with money now" seek the Church, particularly through cuts in their midst with whom save "3 million euros this year."
"It's not the first time the people of Cyprus is in a difficult situation and today, as it has always done, the Church will stand with the people," he says.
In 1974, after the Turkish invasion of the northern third of the island, Jrisóstomos, then bishop, led industrialization process in an attempt to limit the migration of Cypriots abroad.
Now, in addition to charity, Archbishop aims to mobilize their contacts abroad, especially in Russia, where it will travel next week to meet with the Orthodox patriarch, but do not want to elaborate on his visit.
"Our concern is that these people do not go hungry," he says, willing to do everything possible to lead his country into better times.
Flora Alexandrou
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