A. Haritsis: Stop payment at the NSRF

“The freezing of NSRF payments by the government is a bomb in the effort to reorganize the economy,” said the Head of Development and Investment of SYRIZA – PS and Messinian MP, Alexis Haritsis, during the discussion of a relevant Topical Question to the Minister of Development. “The pending NSRF payments are over 1 billion and mainly concern small and medium-sized contractors, small and medium-sized enterprises in the aid program and the Save program, where out of 37,400 applications, only 80 payments have been made by 2020.” he continued. Mr. Haritsis submitted to the minutes of the Parliament letters and announcements of the competent bodies of the construction sector that speak of stoppage of payments even in finished projects.

“Mr. Mitsotakis and you are celebrating the pace of recovery after the terrible collapse of 2020, but you are hiding the extremely difficult situation that the real economy is in,” said Al. Haritsis underlining: “One in four companies have zero cash”, “electricity tariffs have already increased by 100%”, “accuracy erodes the purchasing power of the most vulnerable” while “entire sectors of the economy operate in a peculiar lockdown mode, without any support from the government. ”

At the same time, he accused the government that “in the 2022 budget you do not provide the slightest amount for the support of companies affected by the pandemic or for the support of households and businesses against accuracy” while “in the Recovery Fund from expenses of 2.6 billion that you had budget a year ago, only 150 million are being executed for 2021 “.

“The issue with European programs is ultimately what reaches businesses, employees and households”, stressed the head of the SYRIZA sector, concluding: “The cessation of payments endangers hundreds of infrastructure projects related to local government, the salaries of thousands of employees and the viability of hundreds of small and medium-sized enterprises “.