The president of SYRIZA PS, Alexis Tsipras, harshly criticized the government, on the occasion of the “frightening accuracy” in energy and fuel, during the meeting he had with delegations of the Consumer Institute and EKPOIZO, while he spoke of “double profiteering and producers and the state “.
In particular, according to the relevant press release of SYRIZA, after recalling the criticism he has made for the “complete absence” of regulation and control in the market and the accusation he had accused the government of being “a traffic warden of cartels, especially in energy”, Mr. Tsipras commented that “with the latest developments, I have the feeling that they are not traffic wardens but protectors of the cartels”. “I have not seen in recent years the two independent authorities clash with the government because they feel they are being prevented from doing their job,” he said, stressing the unprecedented disagreement between the two key independent authorities (Competition Commission and RAE). who are appointed by the government, with the government itself “.
Regarding the changes promoted by the government for the adjustment clause, which INKA has characterized as “illegal and predatory” and against which it has filed a lawsuit, as stated in the announcement, the president of SYRIZA PS spoke of “stupidity”. “For six months the government has been telling us that it is not illegal and now in the run-up to the elections they are virtually deleting it from the tariffs, because they are incorporating it in the floating tariffs,” he noted, estimating that from September he runs from behind to see what price suits him “. In addition, he stigmatized the fact that despite the disagreements of SYRIZA-PS regarding the way of determining the amount of surplus profits from energy, still “and these surplus profits that have been calculated stumbled have not yet been taxed, nothing has been returned to consumers”. He stressed that instead of returning the profits to consumers, the government, with the amendment included in the bill that will be voted tomorrow, “charges consumers an additional 300 million euros to the SGC of PPC tariffs for a case dating back to 2004 as compensation for the units on the islands and which no government has activated “. In addition, “the president of SYRIZA PS also referred to the 67 million euros from the balancing market, which was also denounced by the president of RAE that although they must be returned to consumers, they remain in the pockets of energy producers.”
On the occasion of the “price explosion” in energy and fuel, Mr. Tsipras spoke of a “double scandal”: “one belongs to the energy producers and the other to the state”. He noted that “the 3.8 billion above the target of tax revenues in the first five months of the year resulted from the over-taxation and the notorious profit of the state”, because, as he said, “with inflation 11.5% and VAT and VAT “Fuel prices remain high, resulting in these horrific amounts, which are in fact due to the bleeding of consumers.” He therefore described as “conscious looting” the government’s refusal to reduce the EFC on fuel, “with the aim of getting these super profits either into the pockets of the few and the elite of energy and fuel or to the state to make targeted pre-election bonuses.” . He emphasized the need to “try to control the market situation”, saying “the role of civil society is particularly important.” “A policy that has led the vast majority of Greek citizens and businesses to despair,” he said, adding that “there are solutions, there are ways, there is a framework of legitimacy that you claim and do very well.”
According to the announcement of SYRIZA, the president of INKA, George Lechouritis, spoke of a big bargain and a feast of the government with the energy companies and directly blamed the government for guilt and complicity in the launch of accuracy and energy tariffs. “Because the government was deaf, with its tolerance but also its complicity in those who made a dirty profit, it turned out to be a dirty profit. The consumer ombudsman in the Greek Parliament, which belongs to the SW, said that,” he said. “Why should this big bazaar and food and drink go like this?” He asked, arguing that the citizens can no longer cope. “It is not possible for Greek citizens to go out and deceive themselves. Citizens experience accuracy in their pockets. They cannot pay for electricity, they cut off food so that they can pay for electricity. A 500-euro pensioner cannot have electricity 900 euros, 150 euros to be the consumption and 750 to be an adjustment clause “he said.
According to the announcement, referring to the lawsuit filed against PPC for the adjustment clause, the president of INKA left questions about the attitude of the other parties: “The paradox is that we went inside the honorable president of the Supreme Court and discussed the consumer associations. each one separately and when we miraculously left the meeting, the PPC lawyers remained. Why did they stay? “Justice should remain at the level of the need of the many and not the few.” Finally, “he blamed the government that criticized the previous government in the run-up to the elections for its so-called subsidy policy, and now that it has come to fruition, it has given all the benefits that exist.” “The only thing missing is the by pass,” he commented.
For her part, the president of EKPOIZO, Panagiota Kalapotharakou, stressed that “consumers are in a suffocating and deadlocked situation, they can not pay their electricity bills with the risk of being interrupted and many households have been interrupted.” He described the problem of accuracy that affects the average Greek household as major, noting that EKPOIZO filed the first collective action regarding the Adjustment Clause, for which he stressed that they are convinced that it is illegal, abusive, opaque and should be abolished. According to the announcement, the president of EKPOIZO, argued that the government policy of the few euros that the government has been pursuing since October is anything but alleviating the problem and argued that with the amendment on the Adjustment Clause the government indirectly but clearly acknowledged that there is a problem. However, as he added, this amendment does not solve the problem, stating that it is “completely opaque, vague and we do not know if and what will benefit the consumer, will benefit little in the end, if it will benefit and enters into a process of consumer control month and switch to another supplier is unthinkable and incomprehensible “.
Source: AMPE
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