N. Iliopoulos: On May 15, with mass participation, we strengthen the message for political change

The need for “the immediate departure of one of the most dangerous governments that the country has experienced in the post-colonial period”, spoke a spokesman for SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, Nassos Iliopoulos.

“Based on the available data, in Greece, 99% of the increase in electricity in the wholesale is passed to the consumer. The second country in this ranking is Austria with 46%. When we see such a difference, then we are talking about looting. And this “Mr. Mitsotakis coordinates the looting against the citizens with his policies”, underlined Nassos Iliopoulos (Kontra).

“First of all, with the violent de-ligation that it proceeded with. While the share of RES in the country’s energy mix did not increase so much, our country’s dependence on natural gas deepened, with the government not interested here. for the green transition but to do business “, he noted. He even stated that “there is no justification, in any case, for Greece not participating in the Spain-Portugal bloc in the Summit, in which the two countries won the disconnection of natural gas from the price of electricity”, explained Nasos Iliopoulos.

“It is clear that Kyriakos Mitsotakis chooses to protect notoriety and not the citizens. He did the same with the privatization of PPC. He does this through the adjustment clause which is a robbery for households”, he commented and added: “the government spokesman himself he says that bills are coming 4 and 5 times more, at the same time that at the end of September they said that the electricity will increase by only 3 to 4 euros “.

“We are champions in the price of wholesale since last August”, stressed Nassos Iliopoulos, noting: “after all, the measures announced a few days ago by Mr. Mitsotakis, cover retrospectively the period from December”. “In other words, they admit that the increases came much earlier, they admit that they have been lying for so long that the war in Ukraine is supposedly to be blamed,” he said.

Referring to the revaluation clause, he stressed that it follows the logic of energy companies “our profits, your losses”. “This can not continue to apply, it does not become a pensioner who receives 600 euros and his bill has come to 800 euros, his electricity is cut because he can not pay,” he said. “The payment of the adjustment clause must be suspended and at the same time, there must be a synthetic movement for a ceiling in the wholesale and retail electricity,” the spokesman pointed out.

“It is not possible for the government to play hide and seek with the super profits of the companies for 9 months”, he continued, saying that “the latest developments reveal another big lie of Mr. Mitsotakis, who questioned the existence of these super profits”. “This money must be taxed,” said Nassos Iliopoulos. He reiterated that “the government has never taken advantage of the measures that have been in place for many months in the Commission’s toolbox for accuracy, such as the reduction of the excise duty on fuel”. “If Greece did this for 1 year, it would cost 1.5 billion, as much as the privatization of auxiliary insurance costs. So it is not a matter of possibilities, it is a matter of options,” he said.

He also noted that “in the period 2015-2019 the electricity did not increase even one euro, while as soon as the government of ND and Mr. Hatzidakis came, they brought increases”.

Asked about the political developments, Nassos Iliopoulos spoke about “a lively social poll in all areas where Alexis Tsipras has been lately, which reveals a climate of political change”. “Elections with simple proportional representation mean a co-operative government and we clearly state that there must be a progressive government the next day, so we are talking programmatically,” he said. “These are the 5 + 1 goals we have set, for the regulation and write-off of part of the private debt, for the liberalization of collective labor agreements, for the increase of the minimum wage to 800 euros, for the re-establishment of control mechanisms in the labor market” , he pointed out. “A basic condition for a progressive government is the victory of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance in the elections,” he added.

Finally, regarding the elections of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance on Sunday 15 May for the election of president and Central Committee, he spoke of “a process that will mark the political change, the fall of one of the most dangerous governments of the post-colonial period”. “Strengthening SYRIZA is the variable that sends the message to society that things can go differently. We want to build the mass party of the democratic, progressive Left, which can form the country’s next progressive government,” he said. SYRIZA spokesman.