In particular, the Prime Minister emphasized:
“I was almost moved to tears by your interest in the unity of the ND. I have to refresh your memory regarding the way you managed the issues we are discussing today”, said the prime minister and continued “indeed you brought the cohabitation agreement, but you hid why you did not bring equality to civil marriage. Do you remember why? Panos Kammenos. You were in a balance of terror with your populist partner. A center-right liberal faction had to come and have the courage to bring it. From the first moment I said that I am committed as president of the ND by the tradition of the faction to allow our deputies to vote according to their conscience on such issues. That’s what we’ve always done. We didn’t wait for you to do it.”
Kyriakos Mitsotakis pointed out that “I fought to convince as many of my MPs as possible to vote for the bill and I will fully respect their final position. Either by voting or abstaining – to see if anyone will abstain from you too and finally the interest turns to you and Mr. Polakis and deletions. We do not threaten deletions. I said openly that this bill cannot be passed only with the vote of the ND. However, you have the possibility to file a motion of no confidence and test whether the ND is a rip-off”.
Referring to PASOK’s stance, the prime minister said, “Let’s also see how many PASOK MPs will not vote for the bill. I have been impressed by the deafening silence of the president of PASOK. Some of us had the courage to speak publicly while others hid lest they displease their audience.”
“It looks like the bill tonight will be the law of the state. The fellow citizens who listen to us deserve something better than our confrontation. History will write and record those who abstained and voted once morest the resolution. It is interesting to study other countries that went ahead with this reform before us, and I am referring to conservative or Christian Democrat MPs who voted once morest were interviewed years later and said they regretted their negative vote. I don’t want to influence anyone with what I say”, noted Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
“The effort you are making to present a different Greece is not new. You insist on dragging the country to some people abroad. If I start to remember your era and wonder if all these MEPs are the leaders of this nice Dutch lady who, from what I understand now, does not have a party, she does not have a country to politicize”, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, launching a fierce attack in the official opposition.
«Where were all those MEPs when you were handcuffing journalists in your own days; All those MEPs when you sent the Novartis case where exactly were they all to MEPs when you were trying to manipulate the TV landscape with the four TV licences? Where were all these MEPs when Mr. Pappas was sentenced to 13 zero for dereliction of duty which is exactly what he was. Didn’t they take it lightly here then?”, pointed out the prime minister, addressing Sokratis Famellos, adding “let’s not kid ourselves regarding the political motivation of these resolutions.”
Double the primary surplus in January compared to the target – At 2.12 billion.
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