In the accusations<\/b> made by the president of PASOK<\/b> responded <\/b>with facts and in a sharp tone, Kyriakos Pierrakakis<\/b>.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe solutions we offer are tangible, realistic, within the country\u2019s fiscal constraints, and at their core lie the truth\u2014not exaggeration or the promise of everything to everyone<\/b>\u201d said the Minister Minister of National Economy and Finance Kyriakos Perakakis<\/b> commented on points from the speech delivered by the president of PASOK-KINAL Nikos Androulakis<\/b> in his speech to the Plenary Session.<\/p>\n
Mr. Pierrakakis<\/b> responded <\/b>to Mr. Androulakis<\/strong> and to the personal jabs he made<\/strong> regarding his political background, saying \u201cI have been a member of New Democracy since the end of 2015, and I am proud of that and of the government in which I serve. Precisely, because I don\u2019t need to mention the populist rhetoric that you and the PASOK parliamentary group have cited\u201d <\/strong>and added:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m reading the proposals, and we\u2019ll adopt any that make sense, but as for some others, Mr. Androulakis, I feel that in your rivalry with Mr. Tsipras, you are ready to storm the Mint.\u00a0I understand your hyperbole politically, but I do not understand it from a governmental standpoint, and I think it is a mistake that you should not continue to insist on<\/b>.\u201d<\/p>\n The minister, regarding the remarks made by the leader of the official opposition on the amendment that concerns the loans under the Katseli Law<\/strong>, pointed out to him that \u201ccertainly, if there\u2019s one thing we can agree on, it\u2019s that a law you might come to legislate on again, after 16 years, is one intended to redefine aspects of its implementation, as it had some gaps. But, in reality, we need a high degree of legal certainty in everything we do.\u201d Mr. Pierrakakis <\/b>also pointed out to the PASOK president that \u201cobviously, the Supreme Court\u2019s decision sets a legal precedent,\u201d but he emphasized to him that \u201cwe, here, are going a step further; we are introducing retroactivity, which is not included in the Supreme Court\u2019s decision<\/b>. This is a government decision and is intended to be part of a broader draft law that includes provisions for private debt.\u201d<\/p>\n In response to the PASOK president\u2019s criticism that the regulation does not include those who paid off their loans under the Katseli Law<\/strong>, the minister said that \u201cthese homes have been saved, and in most of these cases, the remaining principal was paid off in a lump sum,<\/strong> so quite simply, there is no interest to be repaid, since we here legislate the calculation of interest on a monthly basis.\u201d For those who lost their repayment plan, Mr. Pierrakakis <\/b>said that \u201cspecific legal outcomes have already been established for both sides, and reopening these cases would create legal uncertainty, legal and judicial uncertainty, as it would require the retroactive review of thousands of old cases, some of which are based on final court decisions dating back a decade<\/b>.\u201d<\/p>\n Regarding PASOK\u2019s proposal for 120 installments to settle debts, pointed out to Mr. Androulakis that there is also the out-of-court settlement process, which currently covers a total of 19 billion euros<\/strong>, an amount three times greater than those who entered the 120-installment plan in 2019. The out-of-court mechanism, he added, \u201ccan generally extend to 240 installments and, in some cases, to 440 installments,\u201d and today, through a provision in the bill, we are also lowering the threshold for eligibility for the out-of-court mechanism to 5,000 euros from 10,000 euros.<\/p>\n Mr. Pierrakakis<\/b> referred to why the Superfund continues to pay off part of the public debt <\/strong>, stating that \u201cthere is no greater principle of social justice than not passing the burden of debt on to the next generation. And there is nothing more positive than the fact that half of the Superfund\u2019s companies have returned to profitability, contributing to the repayment of our debt in a way that is no longer a risk and is improving the country\u2019s economic situation<\/b>.\u201d \u201cWe\u2019re not telling you,\u201d he said to the PASOK president, \u201cthat everything is going well, I\u2019m not telling you that; I\u2019m telling you that things are getting better, and our job is to improve these conditions for every Greek man and woman facing difficulties, within the limits of the country\u2019s capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n The Minister of National Economy and Finance pointed out to the PASOK president that \u201cthe degree of legislative freedom depends on the degree of freedom we have achieved as a country over the years, so that we can now take these steps in the interest of our citizens<\/b>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kyriakos Pierrakakis responded to the PASOK president\u2019s accusations with facts and in a sharp tone. \u201cThe solutions we offer are concrete, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}