Although Covid suppression is number one on the government's open agenda, it did not rank number one on their hidden agenda, the National People's Power stated in a press release today. "Instead, it is clear that the government's program is to maintain a certain level of control over the needs of the government and its politicians and crony racketeers," they alleged. The NPP stated that from the transition stage of the virus, the government's number one task was not to suppress the spread, but to go to the polls for a two-thirds majority. To this end, the Covid suppression operation was deliberately used as a weapon to undermine and suppress opposition activism and public intervention. "The next step was the government's plan to bring back anti-democratic and anti-people arbitrary powers into the constitution and pass legislation that would sacrifice the country's future, such as the port city project, further blocking the scope for opposition activism and popular interference," the NPP said. In the coming period, they said that this plan shows that the coming crisis is going to be more repressive than the previous two. "Although the government has a two-thirds majority, there is no solution to the growing macro crisis, including the economy. It is becoming increasingly clear that this will only lead to unplanned measures such as the immediate banning of chemical fertilizers, which will only exacerbate the crisis, and ultimately lead to repression," the statement said. The NPP stated that in this situation, it is clear that the government will want to allow the Covid pandemic to continue in society for another time. Just as the Easter attack was used as a weapon and blessing to gain two-thirds of the power, the government has used the retain the Covid pandemic to maintain its power. "Now the government and its spokespersons are blaming the people for the third wave of this pandemic. It is true that the people have a huge responsibility in this and some do not follow the quarantine methods. But even in situations where travel is restricted in defiance of quarantine laws, large numbers of people are drawn to the streets and protests not because of negligence but because they are forced to do so," they said.