‘War’ in Parliament for the decision to suspend the sitting due to P. Polakis

High tones and strong disagreements prevailed in the Parliament, among the representatives of the parties, on the occasion of the decision of the presidency to permanently interrupt the plenary session and the discussion of the development bill, characterizing the behavior of SYRIZA MP Pavlos Polakis “.

The parliamentary representative of ND, Giannis Vroutsis, pointed out characteristically that even if a member of parliament feels injustice, he has the parliamentary weapons to appeal and defend himself and he cannot occupy the step of the Parliament.

For its part, the official opposition blamed the government for authoritarian fascist logic, aimed at downplaying the Novartis scandal, while minority opposition parties spoke of “a la carte” implementation of the Rules of Procedure and attacked the two major parties.

“Yesterday’s picture in Parliament was not only disheartening and disgusting but it was completely unacceptable and offends us all. Many times MPs feel we are being wronged, but there are parliamentary weapons that can be used, within the Rules of Procedure of Parliament,” he said. ND parliamentary representative Giannis Vroutsis and added:

“Occupying the floor of Parliament is by no means in line with Parliament’s Rules of Procedure. What happened yesterday is unprecedented, unacceptable and must be condemned even if one feels he is right. The parliamentary process provides the framework within which can react “.

“The party has proven over time that it respects institutions, such as the leading institution of Justice, and that Novartis cannot be associated with the development bill,” Mr Vroutsis said.

“The Speaker of the Parliament, showed with his meek way and his democratic behavior, that above all he puts the interest of the democratic operation of the institutions, that he respects and honors us all. We must learn our lesson from yesterday’s image of the Parliament “Everyone, and to admit that such an image and such unacceptable behaviors are condemnable even if we feel injustice”, concluded Mr. Vroutsis.

The parliamentary representative of SYRIZA, Giannis Ragousis, harshly criticized the government, talking about “an attempt to silence Pavlos Polakis and” falsification of facts “.

“It is unprecedented, anti-democratic, unconstitutional, coup d’etat the action of the chairman last night to remove the speech from a Greek MP because he disagreed with what he was saying”, Mr. Ragousis stated characteristically and added:

“Yesterday’s speech by Pavlos Polakis was neither indecent, nor insulting, nor slanderous. Mr. Athanassiou invoked that it was out of the question because he spoke about Novartis and not because it was indecent. We have an extreme deprivation effort here, Mr. Polakis was not out of the question yesterday because Novartis is absolutely concerned with the development of the country. The most extreme scandal is the Novartis scandal. with illegal drug increases to hoard a multinational. ”

“Yesterday we did not have any violation of the Rules of Procedure but a violation of the Constitution, which states that the freedom of will of the deputy can not be subject to restrictions”, concluded Mr. Ragousis.

The secretary of the KINAL parliamentary group, Evangelia Liakouli, attacked both ND and SYRIZA, accusing the two parties of “methodical polarization”.

“It is clear now. It is a strategic goal of the government and the official opposition to polarize, to divide, to gather their audiences. However, they are inferior to their circumstances, their debt and their parliamentary duty,” Liakoulis said.

“What happened last night was a disgusting image that offends Parliament and the political system as a whole,” he said.

“They are both natural and moral perpetrators of Ande re’s parliamentary practice. They have brought the sidewalk and the margins back to the forefront. In particular, toxicity has flooded Parliament in the last three days.”

“Yesterday’s confrontation between the Speaker of Parliament and Mr. Polakis was one of the most unfortunate and difficult moments of the parliamentary practice, condemnable in all its manifestations. The incredible image that was created should, with a sense of self-control, be limited and dismissed “, underlined the secretary of K.O. of KINAL and concluded:

“We, firmly, declare our clear distance from these images. Both ND and SYRIZA remain divisive, because this serves their armies, their strategy and their methods. And this image of polarization, arrogance and of foreign attacks, it also targeted our faction “.

The parliamentary representative of the KKE, Nikos Karathanassopoulos, spoke about “pointless cockfights and bad taste set up shows with micro-party communication logics, ND and SYRIZA.

He also spoke about “selective application of the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament, which, however, can not lead to obstruction and guidance of expression”.

“This bad show is repeated, as Georgiadis and Polakis have clashed many times and, in fact, yesterday, he complained that it was planned, as it has been circulating in the media since the morning. This is not an excuse for the attitude of the president who fired situation yesterday and today, and in fact in the discussion of an important bill, with the anti-popular content of which both ND, SYRIZA and KINAL agree on the substance “, said Mr. Athanasopoulos.

“With this cockfight, an attempt is being made to trap the popular indignation from the current policy, reminding, however, that the parties ND, SYRIZA, KINAL are tested by their actions both as a government and as an official opposition,” the KKE spokesman continued. “The more the cockfight intensifies, the more there will be agreement with the strategic choices of the ruling class and capital,” he said, urging the people to turn their backs on these tasteless shows and intervene resolutely by organizing their struggle to overthrow it. of the situation “.

The parliamentary representative of the Hellenic Solution, Konstantinos Hitas, accused the government and the official opposition of “hypocrisy and partisan logic”, arguing that they “deliberately ignite the political climate and devalue the parliamentary processes, with the sole aim of uniting the party”.

“You have outgrown yourself with yesterday’s events. You have proved that you are all hypocrites. You are taking advantage of the underground deals to set up your cockfighting shows. .

He also spoke about the a la carte application of the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament, and concluded by saying:

“You argue but you are the same in everything and very small in the big ones. You are the same currency with the same faces and the same value.”

“Yesterday’s ban on Mr. Polakis is a political choice aimed at downgrading the Novartis scandal to a so-called graphic confrontation between the minister and the MP,” said MePA25 parliamentary spokesman Kleon Grigoriadis.

“MERA25 is against the timeless humiliation with the parliament of the presidency. So do not insult the intelligence of the citizens by trying to present a member of parliament as a graphic. Do not insult the Parliament with a la carte parliamentary procedures”, he stressed.

“We have heard from the government about the degradation of parliamentary procedures. We do not accept a la carte procedures. “They often table abortive amendments, belittling, with the tolerance of the presidency, the parliamentary work. Aidos Argeioi”, Mr. Grigoriadis stated characteristically and concluded:

“In the light of the deliberate discrediting of the Parliament, yesterday’s episode leads to the selective prohibition of Mr. Polakis not to speak outside the subject, when the prime minister, party leaders, ministers rarely speak on the subject.”

Source: AMPE

Source: Capital

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