In Chania today, Dimitris Koutsoubas, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the KKE, continues his tour of Crete. At noon on Saturday, the farmers’ bloc was visited in the Great Fields of Chania. Mr. Koutsoubas was welcomed by Manousos Stavrianoudakis, president of the United Federation of Agricultural Associations of Chania.
The General Secretary of the KE of the KKE in his meeting with the farmers characterized their demands as fair, while referring to the government he underlined that “The government should know that it is already squeezed by your struggles all over Greece and must squeeze even more.”
In fact, Mr. Koutsoumbas welcomed the mobilization of the sectors in Athens planned for next Tuesday: “We support it and in fact the people of Athens, labor unions, associations, workers, employees, scientists, professionals, students will be on the side of the farmers, they will be in a demonstration, in a big rally at the Constitution to support this fight. Because they are essentially requests for your very life, for your survival.
The cost of production has reached the heights, your traders sell supplies at very expensive prices and raise the cost and then at the same time buy the products at very degrading prices as a result of which the Greek farmer, the breeder cannot even support his family , but not in general to be able to do his cultivation or live from animal husbandry.
What he is saying now and what he told the farmers’ delegation in Maximou, that he is giving 82 million, this is half of what you were getting until 2016 and in installments. At a time when precision has skyrocketed, when inflation is galloping and farmers are constantly losing their income, they can’t stay on their land, they can’t cultivate, the farmer can’t raise his livestock let’s say , apart from the rest of the problems, as for example in the olive we have this year.
Also, there are natural disasters and the farmer loses, while no infrastructure works are done and ELGA does not compensate 100% of the damage as it should. These are the issues, we will put them in the Parliament, we will shout once more, we also put them in the European Parliament, we will mainly be with you on the streets of the struggle. Because if the young man can’t, if he can’t produce, have his crop, his field or his livestock unit, how will a family live?”
For their part, the farmers thanked Dimitris Koutsoubas for supporting their just demands. They pointed out that the KKE is the only party in the Parliament that has not voted for the Common Agricultural Policy and had even announced that it was evicting the small- and medium-sized farmer and breeder from his village. Finally, the farmers pointed out that they will escalate their struggle and that they plan to go up to Athens as well, participating in the pan-Hellenic rally on February 20, together with farmers from all over Greece.
The tour of Mr. Koutsoubas in Chania will end with a keynote speech at 8 pm, at the National Stadium of Chania.
Source: ertnews
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