What did the government representative answer about the interview of Antonis Samaras
He described it as strange Pavlos Marinakiswhile informing the political editors, PASOK’s stance on the tax bill that was passed. “The MPs of PASOK and many other opposition parties very correctly voted for the vast majority of the articles of a very large tax reform, which follows the reductions of more than 80 taxes in recent years. And other tax cuts and other income increases are needed. But this was substantial tax reform. With an emphasis on family and youth support. And of the Greek region. Two months ago, when the prime minister had announced these measures from the TIF, all the parties had issued condemning announcements” he reported.
“You cannot in September condemn, reject, blast the same measures that you vote for in November. If you ask me what I consider to be the right attitude, I consider November’s attitude to be the right one. And let’s hope that this attitude is an admission of error by PASOK. I’m not sure judging by the official opposition party’s responses. I don’t think the world needs another opposition party that resets everything in order to become a government. We still have a long way to go. We still have a way to go. But, after too many years, we are talking about creating jobs, reducing unemployment. We have the lowest unemployment in 17 years and all of this was created by a policy that brought jobs to the country, created even more in existing businesses, a policy that has increased wages more than prices have increased, which is indeed a question of accuracy. A policy that increases the pie, a policy that while reducing taxes, increases tax revenue. So, in theory, in words, revolutionaries without a cause, in my opinion, and without substantial demands, and at the time of the vote, in practice, they voted in agreement and had nothing in essence to say” he added.
The government representative reiterated that he will not comment on the interview of former Prime Minister Antonis Samaraswhile to a question about whether the government is “Semitic PASOK” he said: “Citizens will evaluate it, our voters, our members, but I cannot remember a more liberal policy than a policy that reduces, abolishes 83 direct and indirect taxes. Remind me of another government that has made so many tax exemptions or tax reductions. I can’t remember a policy more consistent in our ideology than our immigration policy, where we went from “no borders at sea” or “immigrants are sunbathing” to having the best treatment of immigration compared to any other country in Europe. I don’t think I can remember a more timeless proposal of every New Democrat, every Onnedite, but above all every sane member, sane member of society than the establishment of non-state universities. I think Greece was an exception, along with Cuba, in non-state universities. I cannot remember a government that has signed so many important agreements, requested for our country for many decades. EEZ with Italy and Egypt. Extension to the Ionian, at 12 nautical miles. Marine spatial planning. Equipment, can you remember a more successful policy? Rafale, Belara, F-16, F-35 requested for other countries.
In the universities, which, doing our self-criticism as a political space, for too many years we could not put up with the abscess of the delinquents of the specific political space of the left. And we broke this abscess. We abolished the lawlessness asylum and there are police interventions like everywhere else in the Greek territory and every squatter, every delinquent, as we say every worker in his desk, leaves the University and these spaces are freed and go to students and professors. In the stadiums, the law is enforced, the self-evident. There is now a structure, a direction in the Greek police that dismantles one criminal organization after another. Law enforcement, that is. You don’t call law and order, which for me is not a right-wing doctrine, but in any case left-wing. Not center-left either. Democratic I would say. A self-evident democratic duty of every government”.
“So I represent a government and a prime minister who have learned and we have learned to speak through our work. Still Greece is not a perfect country, but it certainly implements a policy that has made it much better and this policy is a policy based on the principles and values of the N.D. and at the same time to the healthy aspirations of the silent majority of citizens” added Mr. Marinakis.
In response to a question about the KEDE resolution, the government representative said: “For the first time I see a party celebrating a resolution that was lost. We have seen them celebrate the 3rd place in the elections. They choose to put the bar on what they think is right for their party and their members will evaluate them.”
“For PASOK to go and with it and SYRIZA to celebrate a resolution that did not pass and to say that this overturns the correlations in KEDE, I consider it unreal,” noted the government representative.