Ad. Georgiadis: SYRIZA’s unthinkable mistake if it does not vote for the development law

The Minister of Development and Investment, Adonis Georgiadis, appeared strongly in Parliament, strongly criticizing the attitude of the opposition parties, especially SYRIZA and KINAL, towards the development law, closing the debate in the competent Parliamentary Committee. Mr. Georgiadis called on both parties to vote in favor of the bill because, as he claimed, there are no structural disagreements, pointing out that if they vote, it will be SYRIZA’s fault and a big step back for KINAL.

“We were accused that with this law we favor the big businessmen and not the small ones. But the development law only favors the small businesses, with big grants and with much more cash than the previous SYRIZA development law provided with the big companies to they only receive tax exemptions “, Mr. Georgiadis stated characteristically and added:” The biggest request we received was because we do not give cash to small businesses. So this is what we are doing now with the development bill “.

Addressing KINAL first, Mr. Georgiadis described it as “unthinkable not to vote for the bill if the only negative he finds is the issue of evaluation by individuals”, and stressed that “together ND and PASOK in 2014, under the Samaras-Venizelos government, had pass the development law where the evaluation was done by the banks “. “Then PASOK was in favor of the evaluation by the banks so as not to delay the financing, right, and suddenly the same party that proposed the law can be against?” noted Mr. Georgiadis. “Because your leader is talking about serious opposition, if you say no to the bill with this argument, you will have taken a big step backwards,” he noted.

Addressing SYRIZA, Mr. Georgiadis reminded that “ND voted in 2016 for the development” Stathakis law “, wanting to give the impression that growth must work and send a positive message to investors.” “It will be a big mistake if SYRIZA does not vote for the development law, because there is no structural difference with its own law,” he said, adding: “Time is money for investors. So, the few days for evaluation and approval, means more investment, better conditions to get and more jobs “.

Responding then, to the special speaker of the Greek Solution, Vassilis Viliardos, and to his reports on ineffective policies of the Ministry of Development, Mr. Georgiadis countered that the results are measurable and positive. “I am lucky or unlucky to be a minister in a ministry that has measurable results. What the ministry does is measurable, it is an act,” said Mr. Georgiadis.

At the same time, he stated that “in the 3.5 years of the SYRIZA government, we had one billion of state aids, while with ND they reached three billion”. “Politics is an applied art and it is measurable that we have approved. Three billion is the real aid to our government and one billion to the SYRIZA government. With what we have done and looking you in the eye, we tell you that we have tripled the speed. and now we want to increase the speed even more and solve the problems of the previous law that hindered and made it difficult for investors.We found points that plagued the system and we are going to fix them.I am very proud because we worked professionally and for the first time to “We make the different financial instruments work in a coordinated manner and proceed with the same goal in order to have a better result”, Mr. Georgiadis underlined.

The Minister of Development was extremely critical of the special spokesman of MERA25, Kritonas Arsenis, who claimed that the government devalues ​​the parliamentary procedures, saying characteristically: “I respect the role of the MP but we can not go to the other extreme. We do not legislate indivisibly. “This is not our state. The majority legislates. The fact that I show my respect in Parliament does not mean that we legislate indivisibly. Parliament is a serious thing to be a comedy.”

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