“The government should at some point, beyond words and announcements, do actions as well. After the crime in New Philadelphia we heard ministers say they will not allow high security matches to go unchecked and violence to happen again. What happened; Nothing,” his parliamentary representative points out PASOK-Movement for Change, Michalis Katrinis, speaking to ERT 1 referring to yesterday’s interruption of the football match.

“The government announces but does nothing, with the result that the same phenomena recur and Greek stadiums are not a place where families can go to see a match,” he added.

About the government’s inability to fight it accuracy Mr. Katrinis said:

“Food precision continues to exist and the government is watching idly. Fines for profiteering in supermarkets in July-August were nil and in September insignificant. From the data of the economy it appears that in the first eight months of 2023 the income from indirect taxes was 865 million more than the target that had been set. The government was telling us that it is keeping the VAT on the market high, so that part of the revenue is given to economically vulnerable citizens. But what’s going on? We have a government which collects far more tax revenue than it had calculated and at the same time abolishes the Market Pass, leaving the citizens defenseless, while fines are not imposed. Greece has been the champion for 22 months in food inflation, while in September it was first in the EU. in the increase in the consumer price index, due to food price increases.
On the other hand, the rating agency Standard & Poor’s, which gave us the investment grade, says that we are lagging in health and in the administration of justice, when the government said before the election that it would make changes in health and reforms in justice. And this lag has the signature of Mr. Mitsotakis and New Democracy.”

For the developments in the field of the opposition pointed out:

“Obviously, we do not accept the logic that says there is a vacuum of opposition, due to the gyration of SYRIZA. PASOK exercises opposition with proposals and positions and not simply with shouts and statements.

We insist on putting on the table the issues of everyday life, punctuality, bad loans, the issue of social housing, public health, but also the issue of education, which was opened yesterday at the initiative of our president. We are working steadily and intensively, so that in the next elections we can be the realistic alternative government proposal to the New Democracy.

This needs time and social forces that will march with us and not summit agreements, because some are supposedly looking for convergences and alliances.

Of course, there are convergences at the grassroots level that lead to winning results, such as in municipal elections, but there are also programmatic proposals that can be widely accepted by society. We are discussing these proposals with the social forces traditionally expressed by PASOK, in order to create the conditions for a new social and political majority.”