«At a time when the vast majority of people are struggling to make ends meet, the country’s political elite is looting the public coffers. It’s not just Andreas Patsis now. There was Ms. Nikolaou with her direct contracts, Mr. Stassis at the Public Power Corporation, Mr. Maravegias with the development law, and Minister of Justice Mr. Tsiaras, who hid his source of wealth! This is a specific methodology followed by the Mitsotakis government, aimed at plundering the economy and society.».
This was emphasized, among other things, by the spokesperson for SYRIZA-P.S. Nassos Iliopoulos, reiterating the label «blue locusts» for the New Democracy government, as well as the demand for immediate elections.
More specifically, speaking “In the Red”” Regarding the case of Andreas Patsis, he stated: «Since yesterday, they have been trying to convince us that direct awards are subject to an administrative decision by ELTA. However, a direct award of 1 million euros to a lawmaker’s office is not an administrative decision by an organization. It is the very definition of blatant political collusion.”.
Political collusion in this country has a political epicenter. The system is the ‘Mitsotakis system.’ It is this type of person, this political practice, and this mindset that must be dismantled in the public interest. »Mr. Mitsotakis embodies the most crass amorality this country has seen in recent years,” he pointed out.
In fact, he cited as an example the fact that in Parliament, the Kyriakos Mitsotakis “He dared to say, ‘You traded Macedonia for pensions.’ Anyone who would say something like that is ruthless.”“, he said.
When asked specifically about the case involving Mr. Tsiaras, Nasos Iliopoulos pointed out that in any other European country, he would have already resigned. «The Minister of Justice must now be subject to judicial oversight, because his wife was a partner in a company with Mr. Patsis, from which she withdrew two months after the journalist Thanasis Koukakis filed a formal complaint», he emphasized. On this point, in fact, N. Iliopoulos noted that this is proof that the wiretaps were related to the economy and the plundering of society, while also raising the issue of the Parliament’s entire oversight mechanism regarding declarations of assets.
The spokesperson for SYRIZA-PS emphasized the need for citizens to participate en masse in the strike on November 9: «People need to take to the streets. The strike is an opportunity to launch a new phase of the struggle and show all of Greece that things can’t go on like this. The general strike called by GSEE and ADEDY must send the message that we need to take a different path.».
«The government is no longer invulnerable. The enormous social pressure is forcing it to start counting its defeats, which is why it did not introduce the amendment on foreclosures, and which is why it was now forced to expel Mr. Patsis over a story that has been known for years,’ he said, referring to the issue of foreclosures.’.
N. Iliopoulos pointed out that «during the 2015–2019 period, there was protection for primary residences. »But now that we have emerged from fiscal adjustment, it is unacceptable to have a bankruptcy regime worse than the one proposed by the IMF during the darkest days of the debt crisis,« he emphasized, adding: »Today, we need a completely different policy on private debt. It’s not just about protecting primary residences; it’s about the overall rise in private debt. Plus 8 billion euros in tax arrears and an equal amount owed to the EFKA compared to 2019. We need a restructuring and partial write-off of the private debt that arose during the pandemic. The current out-of-court mechanism is a farce. Not even 3 out of 100 applications are accepted, so the banks have free rein to do whatever they want.”.
«The new framework for both non-performing loans and private debt must be put in place immediately. And that is yet another reason why we are calling for immediate elections,» he emphasized.
