Her own messages, both to the citizens who trusted them and abroad, were sent immediately after their swearing in, but also shortly before, by the ministers of the Tsipras government and just a few 24 hours before they arrived in Athens for the first acquaintance meetings. the President of the Eurogroup and the President of the European Parliament.
The Tsipras lines in the cabinet
According to top government sources, the prime minister is expected to focus on the following at the first cabinet meeting:
The first priority is to stop the humanitarian crisis, which means that it will ask the… machines to work from now on in "full", with the ultimate goal of gradually implementing the proposals of the TIF program
Alexis Tsipras during his presentation is expected to give the "stigma" that concerns the part of the negotiation (while the position of the Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Giannis Dragasakis will follow)
The transparency of the country's government is emerging as a major issue, with the same sources predicting that Alexis Tsipras will ask his ministers to be "open" with the citizens and to listen to their problems.
However, from the first 24 hours of the new government, the ministers drew dividing lines from the previous government and described their own agenda in many areas: Layoffs in the State, Privatization of PPA, PPC and Infrastructure, in Education, in relations with the Russia, 13th pension, minimum wage, health and armaments.
Finally the privatization of PPA
First, the dance of statements that show the clear differentiation of the agenda of the current government from that of the previous one, was drawn by Theodoris Dritsas, Deputy Minister of Shipping, who a few minutes before the swearing-in noted that "The public character of the port remains, its privatization PPA stops here "explaining that the HRDH, or the new privatization committee in its new form, will suspend the process of selling the majority stake of PPA.
However, it is worth noting that a few minutes before the announcement of the new government, suddenly, the car carrying the Chinese ambassador to Greece, who had a short appointment with the prime minister, entered the courtyard of the Maximos Palace.
The availability and the unconstitutional dismissals are recalled
Shortly afterwards, the Minister of Administrative Reform, George Katrougalos, speaking to the main news bulletin of Mega, promised that the dismissals of civil servants who were deemed unconstitutional by the CoE or those made in the implementation of the availability will be revoked. Asked when this will happen, Mr. Katrougalos stated that they will be implemented immediately, as no legislation is required, but a ministerial decision which will be signed immediately.
"All the dismissals made on the basis of the memorandum commitments are being revoked," Katrougalos told Mega, adding that the new government "does not recognize" the quantitative targets agreed between the previous government and the Troika. He argued that the cost of re-prevention is costed and is included in the measures of the Tsipras program by the TIF.
As for the evaluation, the new deputy minister pledged to promote a "fair, not punitive and vindictive" system. He set a time limit for the next two weeks, in order to close all pending disciplinary cases of civil servants. Mr. Katrougalos also expressed the view that civil servants should participate in the disciplinary councils - judging their colleagues - without having a majority in the decision.
Restoration of the minimum wage to 751 euros
Meanwhile, as Labor Minister Panos Skourletis announced this morning through ANT1's morning show, one of the first bills that SYRIZA will bring to Parliament is the one to return the minimum wage to 751 euros.
Citizenship to all children of immigrants born here
At the same time, the Deputy Minister of Immigration, Tasia Christodoulopoulou, announced in advance that the SYRIZA government would grant citizenship to second-generation immigrants, ie the children of immigrants born in Greece.
End to the privatization of PPC - Free electricity for the unemployed
For his part, the Minister of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy Panagiotis Lafazanis announced in advance that the privatization of PPC stops here. "Finally, the privatization of PPC. PPC will remain in the ownership of the State in the majority ", said Mr. Lafazanis, speaking to SKAI, adding that they will try to reduce their electricity prices and to relieve households, but also that they will give free electricity to the unemployed.
Stop the privatization of infrastructure
Clearly, the new Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks, Christos Spirtzis stressed that the central line of the government is that the privatization of infrastructure that serves and can help get out of the crisis. Regarding the privatization of airports, the new Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks referred to the program statements of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and added that the privatization of infrastructure should be stopped.
They restore the 13 pensions and the auxiliary ones
The new Deputy Minister of Social Insurance, speaking to ANT1, for his part announced that the 13th pension is coming back, first of all for those who receive less than 700 euros a month, and at the same time stated that they will restore the auxiliary ones.
End to the theme bank
Sweeping changes in Education, announced immediately after the swearing in, the Deputy Minister of Education, Tassos Kourakis, who, speaking on r / s "Sto Kokkino", stated that the students of A 'and B' Lyceum will take promotional exams without Theme Bank which is abolished, while the exams that will be counted as a percentage for entering higher education are also abolished. He also announced the expansion of the scientific fields in the XNUMXrd Lyceum, while regarding the higher education he announced the following: Return of the permanent students, facilitation of the transfers, return of the administrators of the HEIs who were removed with the measure of availability and availability in universities.
Finally, he announced the re-employment of secondary school teachers and especially the Vocational High Schools, whose specialties were abolished, but also of the school guards and finally the reform of the curricula and new books will be written in the schools.
Relations with Russia
While the Tsipras government was being sworn in, the Prime Minister's Secretariat-General expressed dissatisfaction with the statement made by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Moderini, who made a statement. condemning Russia over Ukraine, while calling on the 28-year-old foreign ministers to consider further sanctions against Moscow in order to move towards the implementation of the Minsk Agreement.
As stated in the announcement of the Prime Minister, this statement of the EU Heads of State "was circulated without following the prescribed procedure for securing the consent of the Member States and in particular without securing the consent of Greece. In this context, it is emphasized that it does not have the consent of our country. Dissatisfaction with this method was expressed both in the context of a telephone conversation between the Prime Minister and the HR / EU Mrs. Mogherini, and at the appropriate level, by the Permanent Representation of Greece to the EU ".
In Athens Schultz-Dasselblum
Meanwhile, Martin Schultz will arrive in Athens tomorrow for the first contacts with the new government, with whom the Prime Minister will meet at 15:00 and Geroun Deiselblum on Friday, with Panos Skourletis, however, speaking to journalists to note: " Europeans come to Athens, all roads lead to Athens ".
The first visit of the Prime Minister will take place as soon as possible in Cyprus, where he will meet with Mr. Nikos Anastasiadis, while French President François Hollande has already invited Mr. Tsipras to visit Paris - before the February Summit - and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, after congratulating him on his election, wrote on his personal twitter account that "I am waiting for him in Turkey soon.
Source: iefimerida.gr