G. Varoufakis: We are not interested in the post-election alisverisi

Any cooperation presupposes an agreement, which must be preceded by a discussion, which “can not be done post-election, in the context of investigative mandates and under time pressure. Post-election, all that could be done is” alisverisi “to form a government.” The secretary of MERA25, Giannis Varoufakis, states in an interview with the newspaper “Neologos” Patras and emphasizes: “We are not interested in this alisverisi, as we did not enter politics for positions, but for the people”. He adds that his party has submitted to the public debate 7 + 1 sections, on the basis of which he calls on the other forces to be placed, and “given that no formation has been placed on this minimum program, we conclude that there is no formation that wants to committed to the above “.

Regarding the goal of MERA25 in the next elections, he said that it is “the increase of our forces, as the culmination of the effort we made to represent the interests of many”. He states that MERA25 is ready “whenever elections are announced”, saying that “even Mr. Mitsotakis does not know when they will be announced” and adds: “What the ruling parties achieve with the continuous amendments of the electoral legislation is the further “We are still in favor of a simple proportional representation, the only electoral system that does not distort the will of the people.”

Further, answering a relevant question, he states that he is not optimistic about the course of the Greek economy. “And how could I be optimistic when the country’s debt today is much higher than in 2010, with which we entered the memoranda, and at the same time our GDP today is much lower than in 2010. How will “I could be optimistic when the prime minister, on the one hand, celebrates a supposed exit from enhanced supervision and, on the other hand, sells out public goods, deregulates work, drains citizens’ disposable income, donates their real estate to funds through the Hercules plan.” As for the energy crisis, he estimates that “although we are already seeing its consequences in the present and in the inflated electricity bills, we have not yet seen it in its full evolution”.

Finally, he reiterates that the government’s measures to curb price increases are not sufficient and “the measures we believe will curb accuracy and relieve citizens” are: a) a reduction in VAT from 24% to 15% and from 13% to 6%, b) Automatic Indicator Adjustment (ATA) of the minimum wage and social benefits, c) abolition of the energy exchange and introduction of a wholesale ceiling depending on the average production cost of each unit entered in the system. “However, we have no illusions. The new austerity cannot be fought without a rupture with the oligarchy. And a rupture with the oligarchy is not possible as long as the parties in the memorandum are in power,” he said. “A nationally sovereign government, yes, it could. A government subservient to local and foreign interests, such as Mitsotakis SA, can neither and does not want to do anything else.”

Source: AMPE