Al. Haritsis: The government has lost all control over the management of the pandemic

“The government has lost all control over the management of the pandemic, affecting the whole of social life,” said Alexis Haritsis, head of the SYRIZA-PS Development and Investment Department and MP from Messinia, on r / f “Sto Kokkino 105.5. “the shameful image of hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens standing in line to take tests,” he said, stressing that “a free prescription tracking system must finally be implemented, as is the case in most European countries and the United States.”

Al. Haritsis accused the government of “preparing to open schools as it closed them, as if the unprecedented outbreak of the pandemic had not taken place”, while specifically for the restaurant, he spoke of “an attempt to deceive thousands of companies and employees”, as “until recently For days, the government insisted that the market would function normally, despite warnings from scientists about the new boom, prompting an entire industry to make holiday supplies a few days later – which it revised within 48 hours. “.

“Nothing was provided to support businesses and workers in such difficult conditions,” he said. “We proposed very specific interventions that would really give a breather, such as the conversion of the repayable advance into a non-repayable one, covering the rent costs and special support programs for those companies that are called to operate in informal lockdown conditions, especially in catering and trade.” , continued Mr. Haritsis.

“To all this is added the crisis of accuracy, with explosive increases not only in energy but also in basic necessities and foodstuffs. Instead of intervening decisively, the government has been trying to convince us for a year now that crises are temporary. “leading the real economy to disaster, with an impact on public revenues,” concluded Al. Charitsis.