“Mitsotakis is implementing a serious attack on authoritarianism against civil servants, banning basic trade union rights”
“The announcement of Mitsotakis to remove the permanence of civil servants is pure hypocrisy, since there is a disciplinary code for civil servants for misconduct, or other criminal offenses,” the SYRIZA-PS President said, ” Socrates Famellos, During his meeting with the Chairman and members of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Secondary Education Officers (OLME), by criticizing the government on the occasion of the issue of public evaluation.
“It is trying to create a communication impression to avoid criticism of society on other serious issues and to create a social automation against civil servants, loading them with the serious deficits of the public services created by the ND government policy. At the back of his mind he has a public that will operate with party rusks so he wants to have strong control over civil servants. For this reason, it implements a serious attack on authoritarianism against civil servants, banning basic trade union rights, an attack that is very strongly expressed by secondary education officials, who also have the majority of disciplinary proceedings by the government, “he added.
The president of SYRIZA-PS also accused the prime minister of “hypocrisy” and “authoritarianism”, noting that “Mr Mitsotakis was the minister of availability for civil servants in the Samara-Venizelos government and the Prime Minister of Rousseps and the client state.”
“The government does not want to evaluate the public school as a whole. But this is what the citizens want. To evaluate both the Ministry of Education and the infrastructure and staffing. What he wants is appointed bosses – from Mr. Mitsotakis’ party state – to evaluate workers, even banning trade union activity.. He wants a punitive evaluation to punish civil servants who do not discipline in party commands. “he said.
Socrates Famellos also expressed the complete opposition of SYRIZA-PS to Mitsotakis’ government policy for the State:
“We want to have a strong state. There is a comprehensive evaluation by the citizen of the state and all public functions and of course have a good public school. “
The SYRIZA-PS President reiterated the position of the party to reinstate the 13th and 14th salaries, referring to the relevant amendment already tabled by the party. He noted that SYRIZA-PS believes that a powerful State that will serve the citizen also requires well-paid workers. Today, with Mitsotakis options, newly appointed civil servants have an annual revenue below the minimum wage of private employees. The result is that they cannot even cover the costs of residence in their appointment to the region. “
He expressed his reflection on the government’s attempt to bypass the Constitution to “supreme private colleges”, as well as his concern about the recent decision of the Council of State:
“We respect justice, but we can and we have to judge its decisions. And this bypass of the Constitution, which the government has attempted, to do high schools, is concerned, as is the decision of the CoE that bypasses the explicit prediction of the Constitution. And it is added to many other serious problems of the rule of law and justice in Greece, “he said.
The meeting was also concerned with the problem of housing especially for newly -established teachers, opacity and partisanship in disciplinary councils, the cancellation of progressive conquests of workers by the government, such as the right to strike, the unprotected government policy and the government’s policy of the government, etc.
On behalf of OLME, President Theodoros Tsouchlos, Special Secretary George Georgakopoulos, Organizational Secretary Dimitris Aktipis, Treasurer Nikos Papachristos and Board member Nektarios Kordis participated.
SYRIZA-PS was attended by the secretary of the KO, MP of Ilia and the Department of Education, Dionysis Kalamatianos, MP Argolida and Department of Labor, George Gavrilos and the Virgin Mary and the Department of Education.