“Establishing presumptions goes against the core of the rule of law and democracy. It is a profoundly anti-democratic, reactionary act of incriminating society”, underlined the president of Plevsis Eleftheria, Zoe Konstantopoulou, in her intervention in the parliamentary committee that is working on the bill to limit tax evasion. A few hours after the completion of the hearing of a number of agencies that had been invited to give their opinion on the proposed regulations, Zoe Konstantopoulou accused the government of insisting on the provisions, although she has all the representatives of the agencies, even those close to the SW.

“How dark is the way you act is revealed by the institutionalization of swindling, ruffianism. Tax-deductible complaints. These kinds of completely perverse arrests ultimately show from which depths of which history you draw the examples with which you politicize and attempt to legislate”, said the president of the Freedom Movement and noted: “Society’s reactions are those which determine, if this terrifying anachronism, subordination, and retrospection into the dark history of history, will prevail. Freedom Sailing believes and strives that these will one day be enshrined. Me and the Freedom Sail will be here. Let’s see if it will be you…”

Mrs. Konstantopoulou addressed the political leadership of the Ministry of Finance, saying that “at this moment, many people are faced with a dilemma, whether they will completely leave the profession or whether they will continue to struggle. In general, the exercise of your financial policy, Mr. Theoharis, since you have been involved in financial matters for at least 14 years, with executive positions, will you finally take any responsibility? Mr. Hatzidakis, who has been a prime minister since 2004, will he finally take any responsibility? You didn’t do anything wrong? The economy would work perfectly and the struggling freelancers were to blame? The stallholders, the lawyers, the doctors, the physical therapists? Did they really blame you?”

Zoi Konstantopoulou called on the government to answer if it will insist on “humiliating” the protesting industries. “You point the finger at them and fail to solve the problems. Pleussi will be on the side of all those who fight for dignity. Don’t pretend to be prosecuting tax evaders. You are not defending anyone. Firefighters operate in expired uniforms. Train workers have been forced to make apologetics over and over again, saying they won’t wait for the next crash – and it did: the Tempe crash came. Have you been informed how many lawyers submitted their identities? How many committed suicide? How dare you insult people who want to make a living? How do you calculate income with 14 salaries? Don’t you know self-employed people struggle and can’t make ends meet? Don’t you know that the self-employed pay tax in advance? That they are struggling to pay their insurance premiums? Don’t you know that these approaches you are making have been ruled unconstitutional, when the Katrougalou law was ruled?”, Zoe Konstantopoulou said.

The president of Plefsis Eleftherias also referred to the commission of inquiry for Tempi. “You know that if I am in there will be an investigation, as was done in the case of the Lagarde list. You know very well that if I’m in, I’m not going to let you do your familiar tricks. That’s why you are trying to remove me from the committee”, he said characteristically.