The Deputy Minister under the Prime Minister and a government spokesman Paul Marinakis He posted a post on Instagram, essentially responding to previous statements by Nikos Androulakis.
Specifically, the PASOK president had made a video on Tiktok a few hours ago presenting numbers from public assignments. “So let’s see 3 critical evidence, which, or not, is hidden by the president of the opposition,” Pavlos Marinakis now said in his video.
As he adds, “Mr. Androulakis presents a 70-80% rate talking about the multitude of public procurement, and does not tell us what is happening with the amounts. I’ll tell you what about the amounts. From 2020 to 2024, from 64.2 billion euros, just 10.2 billion, they have advanced a 5 -year period, under the direct assignment process. “
In detail, the post of the Deputy Minister under the Prime Minister and government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis
For three days, Mr. Androulakis has decided to “flag” the issue of direct assignments on public procurement.
So come on to see 3 critical evidence, which, or not, is hidden by the opposition president.
Given first. What does Mr. Androulakis do? It presents a 70-80% rate talking about the multitude of public procurement, and does not tell us what is happening with the amounts. I’ll tell you what about the amounts. From 2020 to 2024, from 64.2 billion euros, just 10.2 billion, they have advanced in a 5 -year period, under the process of direct assignment.
Given the second that PASOK hides. Of these direct assignments, less than 14 to 100, in particular 13.9% have advanced from the central government. All others are from local government. In short, less than 3.7% of the total value of public procurement comes in the process of direct assignment by the central government.
Let’s go to the third given that PASOK and its president do not reveal to us. The average value of direct assignments is 12,500 euros plus VAT. What does PASOK suggest? Go the limit from 30,000 to 20,000 euros. Based on this, of 12,500 euros of average value of direct assignments, how effective would PASOK’s proposal be?
And a political concern. The process of vaccination that rescued millions of lives in our country was proceeded with direct assignment. And dozens of other flagship projects, especially for the passage of our country to the digital age.
What does PASOK suggest? Which of these projects should be done with the bidding process, with the risk of ending after 1 and 2 years if we have many appeals?
There are two words that once again characterize PASOK’s opposition tactic and personally by Mr. Androulakis. Kleptop War & Poler. I think you can much better.
PASOK’s response
The otherwise lucrative government spokesman took four days to justify the government’s refusal to accept PASOK’s amendment, which ends the party of direct assignments.
In his desperate attempt to justify the unjustified, Mr. Marinakis considers the Greek citizens naive and unmistakable. Unfortunately for him, the numbers expose him irreparably.
What did he say to us? That PASOK refers to the multitude of public procurement, but not the amounts. First, for Mr Marinakis the fact that – according to the National Public Procurement Database – more than 3 in 4 public procurement in 2024 (as in 2023) were signed without any bidding procedure is a “negligible” event. For the Court of Auditors, however, this element is very important, and so it points to it in its government reports.
But let’s go to the amounts. The government spokesman reports that from 2020 to 2024, from 64.2 billion euros, “just” 10.2 billion, they have proceeded with the direct assignment process. We overlook the fact that it considers 10.2 billion a “small” amount, and we are in essence. The New Democracy Government from 2020 to 2024, with direct assignments, more than € 11.6 billion (taking into account the contracts with modifications), and taking into account the other assignment procedures without open tender (with closed procedures and no prior to 20 billion)!
Let the Greek people imagine how great savings would have emerged if these 20 billion euros were given with open competitions, achieving rational discounts of 20-30%. We are talking about saving 4-6 billion euros, that is, as they sum up two ENFIA!
Mr Marinakis also tries to convince us that there is no scandal, because the average assignment is – only – just 12,500 euros. Recall him how the government that represents:
They cut the contracts of 50,000, 80,000 or 100,000 euros into smaller pieces so they can distribute them to the “days”. That is why they increased the threshold from 20,000 to 30,000 euros. To be able to do their job easier. We do not say it, but the reports of the Court of Auditors. And if they do not even believe the Court of Auditors, let them read the Commission’s spring report, which argues that the percentage of competitions that end up in only one offer is steadily increasing from 2021 and is well above the average in the European Union (in Greece 55%, compared to 32% in the EU in 2024)!
As for the emergencies on Covid, we inform the government that they have long since passed. There are no more excuses for looting public money.
Finally, the responsibility of the government and the “staff” of the state is to ensure transparency to all public bodies, as the PASOK government did with DIAGIA, which the New Democracy brutally circumvents.
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