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From today’s press conference of the SYRIZA / EUROKINISSI / TATIANA BOLARI president
Alexis Tsipras launched a harsh attack on the Prime Minister for the health crisis at a press conference on the occasion of the cancellation of the debate on the pandemic in Parliament, which will finally take place on Thursday, as decided by the Government, after the general outcry of the opposition .
SYRIZA’s president highlighted today that “the second lockdown bears the signature of Mr. Mitsotakis” attributing criminal inaction and criminal complacency to the government, which he blamed, among other things, for:
- “He did not hire permanent doctors and nurses in the hospitals
- did not proceed to the massive prescription of free tests
- did not foresee the strengthening of the MMM
- did not open tourism with a safe plan
- did not take any protective measures to open schools. “
As Alexis Tsipras pointed out, the government proclaimed itself to have defeated the novel coronavirus, sending the misleading message of complacency, and chose the narrative of individual responsibility, especially towards young people, leaving people to pay for testing out of their own pockets.
without substantial market support measures.
The leader of the official opposition stressed that the government “puts a lock on the country because it left the NSS within its limits. He is locked up for the second time because he was inactive, ”even though the data has long been extremely worrying.
“The country is in a state of emergency. However, this dramatic situation was not inevitable. The suffocation of the health system, the rapid increase in cases, is mainly due to criminal inaction, to the criminal complacency of Mr. Mitsotakis and the government. ”, He explained.
And he criticized the government for losing “a unique opportunity when the restrictions on the first confinement were lifted last May” and instead of “preparing the defense of the country, it chose to triumph and self-deprecate.”
Continuing, Mr. Tsipras opened fire on Mr. Mitsotakis for his refusal to come to Parliament to answer his question about the MMM and the pandemic and accused him of “diligently hiding” that “Greece has been doing extremely poorly in the last months”. presenting comparative data on deaths and cases in Greece and other EU countries, but also on the strengthening of health systems. As “the most scandalous element”, he characterized the comparison of the number of employees in the NSS before and during the pandemic, highlighting that “we have fewer employees” since 2019.
On the subject of the question that the leader of the official opposition had addressed to the prime minister about the overcrowding in the MMM, he described as “indulgently unacceptable” his position yesterday that “we cannot deliver buses.”
“Obviously he cannot give birth to them, but he canceled the tender that we had processed for the supply of 750 new buses in Athens and Thessaloniki, he could do with the above,” he said, adding that “while saying these things, there are more than 200 vehicles, which remain parked in the depots. “
Regarding schools, Mr. Tsipras recalled that at the time when “unthinkable statements were heard that there is no problem with the overcrowding of 25, 26, 27 students in a class”, SYRIZA-PS shouted: “increase expenses, proceed to the necessary hiring, look for rooms “.
Then, the SYRIZA president spoke in detail about the economy, highlighting that “the real picture in this area is very different from what the government wants to present to us.”
Specifically, he noted that Greece is in the sixth worst position out of a total of 27 European countries, “despite the fact that our country entered the pandemic crisis later”, while accusing the government of not taking measures taken by other countries such as income support. households and the self-employed, the subsidy for the rental of companies, the direct subsidy instead of the reimbursable aid, the salary supplement instead of the unemployment benefit, etc.
“Despite the great potential we had, at the end of September they only gave 5,300 million in direct spending (2.9% of GDP) to support the economy, which brings us to the last positions of the eurozone, while the postponement measures of payments that simply postpone the problem for later, fiscally they do not exceed 1,200 million (0.7% of GDP) “, he added, referring to yesterday’s announcements, he stressed that it is” the same economic measures that social impasse and economic “.
In closing, Al. Tsipras expressed his concern over the events and stressed that the outbreak of the pandemic, which could have been prevented, threatens human life more than ever.
“At the same time, the economy is sinking.” And Mr. Mitsotakis, the prime minister who is locked up in Greece for the second time, in order to reduce the damage caused by him and his government, continues to pretend to be the savior, “he said. , asking the Prime Minister to convene the Council of Political Leaders, under the command of the President of the Republic to ask for everyone’s help and stop the propaganda as he reached the edge of the cliff.
