The government representative accuses PASOK of populism Pavlos Marinakis responding to a statement from the official opposition party calling on the government to take a stand why the prime minister did not go to the Parliament in the context of the discussion of the tax measures he announced at the TIF.
Here is the full statement from the government spokesperson:
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 Thessaloniki International Fair, 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 its representative’s announcement to answer 3 reasonable questions, crucial for the citizens: How does Mr. Androulakis’s party comment on the fact that Greece, despite the “misguided” and “wrong” actions of the “failed” government, as PASOK constantly states, has consistently had one of the lowest food inflation rates in Europe for many months and in fact much lower than countries that implement socialist policies which PASOK consider to be “examples”?
Why did the official opposition party vote for most of the tax cuts (and did very well), while, when the Prime Minister had announced them at the TIF, had he 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.