Cypriot parliament rejected (marginally) yesterday the bill for the privatization of public organizations leading the Cypriot bailout program to a dead end. Lenders have set this bill as a term to give the 1.5 billion euros lending dose to Cyprus. Meanwhile, outside the parliament thousands gathered to demonstrate against privatizations, demanding the rejection of the bill, while workers in public organizations (CYTA, ports, Electriciy Authority of Cyprus) went on strike. There were five neutral votes by MPs of the government coalition party DIKO, something which was crucial for the final result. Cyprus appears that is facing now also a political crisis, as DIKO decided to withdraw from the coalition government of Anastasiadis administration, as, according to some information, disagreed on the nature of negotiations with the Turkish-Cypriot side for the unification of Cyprus. http://www.sigmalive.com/news/politics/104907 http://www.sigmalive.com/news/oiko