Of Yannis Anifantis

Shortly after 5:00 p.m., the Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis briefed the MPs of the majority parliamentary group on matters of his competence in the Senate Hall of the Parliament.

The meeting, which is part of the regular briefings initiated by the government officials, is being held just twenty-four hours after the second group question in a row submitted by 8 members of the majority to the Ministers of Health and Labor regarding the extension of the exemption from pharmaceutical expenses to all low pensioners. Coming to the parliament, Adonis Georgiadis commented that “it’s a useful question, I don’t know why there was a fuss. It wasn’t aggressive at all, it was just very well written and the style very friendly. It raises a real question. If it’s something we can afford, we’ll do it. Why not. But we have to measure it. We’re still counting it. I’m not officially rejecting it. We have to measure it. It’s a very tentative question from colleagues.” “I want to be clear, I was not bothered by the question at all,” he added.

It is estimated that there are approximately 50-60 MPs in the room, while four of the 8 who tabled yesterday’s question are present (Athanasiou, Kalogeropoulos, Andrianos, Chrysomallis).

The unexpected entrance of Olga Gerovasilis

However, the meeting also had unexpected events, as according to information, at the time when the Minister of Health was starting his installation, the deputy of SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance, Olga Gerovasilis, entered the Senate Chamber, considering that the meeting of the National Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee – held there previously – is not over. The secretary of ND’s KO, Stavros Kalafatis, who welcomed her, told her with humor “you have seen the real light” while Adonis Georgiadis commented “welcome”.