The Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance refused Haris Theocharis the criticisms of the president of the KO of SYRIZA Socrates Famellou on “disagreement” between the Ministries of the Government in the drafting of the bill “Terms for the utilization of public property in coastal areas and other provisions” which is being discussed in the Plenary.

“There was no misunderstanding in the drafting of the bill” said the deputy minister and noted that “some are the purposes of safeguarding and optimal utilization of public property for the Greek people and the economy of the country, which is making this draft law and others are the urban planners and zoning purposes of the Ministry of Energy and Environment”.

Mr. Theocharis emphasized that “Mr. Famellos was in charge environment minister “and from that he could know that separation and what were the powers he had. But you ruled and failed to learn even the responsibilities of your Ministries. That is why the Greek people – and not for the storm we witnessed at your Congress – are punishing you and keeping you in the position of the Opposition, not of course the Officer”

The deputy minister underlined that “there is not a single provision in this bill that changes any existing zoning regulation” and “the coastal and beach areas are not affected”. He wondered why SYRIZA in 2019 that brought a bill on the coast “why didn’t you change the definition provisions and didn’t you also bring the Barcelona Convention? You will have to answer this for us.”

The deputy minister, commenting on the reports of the president of the SYRIZA KO regarding the taxation of the surplus profits of refineries, said that “Mr. Famellos obviously does not know that much about the taxation of refineries. As 630 million euros were taxed from their excess profits and collected by the tax administration. that a total of 1.2 billion euros in tax revenue has been collected from the refineries. The 630 million euros were from their extraordinary taxation on their profits. Indeed, from the taxation that Government decided, this was also done with the last euro”

Regarding whether or not the refineries should be taxed for the year 2023, the Deputy Minister said that “the Government has followed the rule that in 2022 we had increased gasoline prices that created the energy problem and we also had support policies ».