The cabinet of the caretaker government is meeting again tomorrow with the aim of setting priorities and directions – The handover-acceptance ceremonies are in progress at the ministries
The government is a caretaker government, the prime minister noted at the first meeting of his cabinet John Sharmas, who announced a new meeting for tomorrow, in which priorities and directions will be set. we must be unbiased and objective and weigh our actions so that they are not seen as interfering for or against a faction in the pre-election period.
In particular, Mr. Sharmas said: I wish you all success in your work. I invited you to a short cabinet because I wanted now that you are taking over your ministry to give some guidelines before tomorrow’s cabinet where we will set the government policy which is not normal but for a few weeks as required by the Constitution and the Law. The first thing I wanted to say is that the government is ex officio and is presided over by one of the chief justices. THE judiciary itself is impartiality and independence. To define the Constitution thus means that he wants a politically and party-independent government. We must be neutral, impartial, objective and above all weigh our actions because it is easy to consider the act as not having a political character, so that it is not established that they are an intervention in favor of one or the other political faction in the ongoing pre-election period .
Now, the service ministers take up their duties in the ministries.
Earlier, the caretaker government was sworn in at the Presidential Palacebefore the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou by the bishop of Oreon Filotheos.
After their swearing-in, one by one the ministers signed to assume their duties and then went to Megaros Maximos, where the cabinet met for the first time under its new composition, led by Prime Minister Ioannis Sharma.
The attendance of ministerial ministers began shortly after 11.15 with Mme Anastasia Kottanidou which is undertaken by the Ministry of Health and Mr. Christos Kitta which undertakes the Ministry of Education and has the crucial responsibility of conducting the nationwide examinations to follow. “Let’s do our duty well”, said Mr. Kittas, “I will try to look worthy”, commented Mrs. Kottanidou. “Let everything go well, let’s leave as few pending matters as possible”, said the acting Minister of Justice, Philip Spyropouloss. He appeared cheerful and smiling Mr. Tournas undertaken by the Ministry of Civil Protection.
Most of the serving ministers were accompanied by members of their families, such as Mme Patrina Paparrigopoulosy who took over the Ministry of Labor and her children accompanied her to her swearing-in. “It is a government without a political sign” commented the official government representative Ilias Siakandaris.
Ten minutes before 12:00 all the ministers had arrived at the Presidential Palace to be sworn in.
Details of the ministers’ statements upon their arrival
The Acting Minister of Rural Development, George Tsakirisstated that “we will do our best to sort out things that have been put in place so that we don’t have backlogs.”
The Acting Minister of Health, Anastasia Kotanidousaid that “it is my duty to go, there is no doubt that I have excellent cooperation with the leadership of the Ministry of Health so that I look worthy”.
The Minister of Education, Christos Kittassaid that “right now my mind is on the kids who are preparing for the Panhellenic Games and the kids who are already taking their high school exams.”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vasilis Kaskarelis he emphasized: “It is a great honor that they assign us this duty to the state. We will exercise it properly so that there is no gap in the functioning of the state without any gap.”
The Minister of Justice, Philip Spyropouloshe wished “good strength, it’s a month away and hopefully the ballot box, we’ll see to leave as few pending issues as possible” he said revealing that the prime minister called him.
The Minister of Labor, Patrina Paparrigopoulou he emphasized: “I feel very honored to take over this ministry to offer what I will offer to make the state apparatus work until the electoral process is completed and I hand over to the new minister.”
The official government representative Ilias Siakandaris stated that “we are willing to do our best. It’s been a month, it’s a government without a political sign but it will be completely functional.”
“We are waiting to see how things will go,” the Minister of State was content to say Vasilis Skouris declaring himself “always” an optimist.
The ministers of the caretaker government:
Prime Minister: Ioannis Sarmas
Minister of State: Vasilios Skouris
Minister of Finance: Theodoros Pelagidis
Minister of Development and Investments: Eleni Louri
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Vasilios Kaskarelis
Minister of National Defense: Alcibiades Stefanis
Minister of Education and Religious Affairs: Christos Kittas
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs: Patrina Paparrigopoulou
Minister of Health: Anastasia Kotanidou
Minister of Environment and Energy: Pantelis Kapros
Minister of Citizen Protection: Charalambos Lalousis
Minister of Culture and Sports: Georgios Koumentakis
Minister of Justice: Filippos Spyropoulos
Minister of the Interior: Kalliopi Spanou
Minister of Immigration and Asylum: Daniel Esdras
Minister of Digital Governance: Sokratis Katsikas
Minister of Infrastructure and Transport: Yiannis Golias
Minister of Shipping and Island Policy: Theodoros Kliaris
Minister of Rural Development and Food: Georgios Tsakiris
Minister of Tourism: Ioanna Dretta
Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection: Evangelos Tournas
Government Representative: Ilias Siakandaris
Source: Skai
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