The tragedy of Tempes brings closer SYRIZA and New Left – “Mitsotakis must answer”

He pushes the government for the previous day’s debate in the House on the issue of the , as Socrates Famelos submitted on Monday (3.2.225) a letter to the Speaker of the House, Nikitas Kaklamanis, calling for the immediate planning of the debate. SYRIZA considers that after the Prime Minister’s interview many elements emerged for discussion and therefore they do not want to lose the momentum. In other words, they consider that now and after the successive daily revelations on the Tempe issue is the time for a first parliamentary debate. CORVERSE “The society must be informed and Mr Mitsotakis must answer. He must come to Parliament and respect the parliamentary rule, instead of continuing to hide,” SYRIZA officials said. At the same time, however, Koumundurus appears ready to highlight citizens’ problems and especially what they have to do with their pocket. In this context, he tabled yesterday an amendment to restore the 13th and 14th salaries to the public. As members of the Koumoundouros said, the restoration of holiday and leave gifts concerns all scales. “The current legislative initiative of SYRIZA-SYRIZA is a decisive step towards restoring the violent loss of income suffered by Greek citizens during the period of the memorandum cuts and is deemed necessary as the financial reasons imposed on them are missing since 2019,” they say. The same executives also point out that: ‘The total cost of intervention is EUR 2.1 billion, the final cost of burdening public funds is estimated at EUR 1 billion’ and add: “SYRIZA-PS amendment is fully costed. On the basis of the relevant Report of the General Accounting Office of the State, the total cost of intervention is EUR 2.1 billion and it is estimated that, if tax is deducted, insurance contributions, pensions contributions, VAT, the final cost of burdening public funds is estimated at EUR 1 billion. And this space, according to the Medium-term Programme which recently presented the government’s financial staff, exists for 2025 and 2026, up to 2028.” CORVERSE Of course, the submission of the amendment is another issue that can bring SYRIZA and the New Left closer together, and is expected to be an even greater approach to PASOK. After all, Socrates Famelos will at every opportunity refer to the need for wider alliances, closing his eye to the parties of the progressive arc. The last twenty-four hours, however, and on the occasion of the Tempes, the president of Syriza and Alexis Charitsis appear to have more communications, but also common views on how to proceed with this issue.