Review on PASOK for his reaction after the announcement of the prime minister on Sunday morning, the government representative exercised, Pavlos Marinakiswriting, among other things, that “the needle may be stuck in PASOK, but the country will move forward, away from populists of all shades”.
Mr. Marinakis also calls on PASOK to answer “how for many months Greece has consistently had one of the lowest food inflation rates in Europe, and in fact much lower than countries that implement socialist policies, because the main opposition party voted for most of the tax cuts (and did very well), whereas, when the Prime Minister had announced them at the TIF, he had blasted them and given that PASOK (correctly) voted for these measures, where will he find the money to finance all the rest he has arranged?”
The announcement of Pavlos Marinakis
The press representative of the official opposition party decided to issue a statement today to question, among other things, why the Prime Minister did not attend the Parliament during the discussion of the measures, which he had announced at the International Exhibition of Thessaloniki, two months ago.
That is, the biggest tax reform in recent years, which translates from next January into permanent increases for all private and public sector employees, pensioners, less tax for freelancers, farmers and big tax breaks for everyone and especially for the Greek region. The main one: it is the tax bill that zeroes out the income tax for those with many children and for young people up to 25 years old, while reducing it from 22% to 9% for those with three children and young people up to 30 years old.
However, PASOK forgot in the announcement of its representative to answer us 3 reasonable questions, crucial for the citizens:
How does the party of Mr. Androulakis comment on the fact that Greece, despite the “misguided” and “wrong” actions of the “failed” government, as PASOK constantly mentions, has consistently for many months had one of the lowest food inflation rates in Europe, and in fact much lower than countries that implement socialist policies which PASOK considers to be “examples”?
Why did the main opposition party vote for most of the tax cuts (and did very well), while, when the Prime Minister had announced them at the TIF, he had blasted them?
Finally, given that PASOK (rightly) voted for these measures, where will it find the money to finance all the rest that it has arranged?
The needle may be stuck in PASOK, but the country will move forward, away from populists of all shades.
PASOK’s announcement
It was preceded by the announcement of PASOK’s press representative, Kostas Tsoukalas, in which he claimed that “Mr. Mitsotakis is the Prime Minister under resignation in a government in unprecedented disintegration. From a spectator of the developments, he tries to appear as a protagonist”
The statement of Mr. Tsoukalas
The inability of Mr. Mitsotakis to defend his policy was expected and almost discounted, which is why the two questions I asked before he published his Sunday post about his absence from Parliament in the debate on the government’s economic measures and from the KEDE conference, there was no answer.
After eight days, the Prime Minister broke his inexplicable silence about the bloody vendetta in Crete*. However, at the moment when he was citing measures for gun ownership, *he did not find a single word to disapprove of the Minister of Health’s unprovoked statements confirming that they are part of a staged plan to turn a blind eye to the foci of delinquency*.
He celebrated the agreement on energy without finding the political courage to recognize the role of previous governments and specifically the PASOK government, which with Law 4001/2011 paved the way for the announcement of an international tender to award Block 2 to contractors.
After the “historic” two days of a meeting that has taken place six times, with Athens being the fifth European capital to host it, the Prime Minister is once again attempting to appropriate projects and initiatives started by others, such as the vertical corridor and hydrocarbon exploration. He conveniently forgets that his government in the early years blocked research and discovered late the importance of “diversification of energy sources” for energy security, after first burying lignite hastily and without an alternative plan*.
Now he presents the obvious as innovations, discovering principles of energy policy that he was unaware of From a spectator of the developments, the Prime Minister attempts to appear as their protagonist*. History and reality, however, are not rewritten with announcements and communication tricks.
Mr. Prime Minister, what do you have to say about the redistribution of wealth at the expense of the social majority that took place during the days of your government? *Instead of energy belonging as a good to 10,000,000 Greeks, it was given to five oligarchic systems*. *Energy costs are today the biggest concern for households and businesses. Mr. Mitsotakis is the outgoing Prime Minister in a government in unprecedented disintegration*.