“The government representative celebrated today the findings of the rating agency Scope Ratings on bad loans. Of course, what he must explain to us is what happens to the borrowers “who, facing the most profitable private companies based outside Greece, are faced with the risk of auctioning off their property and especially their residence, which seems to be the main priority of the funds for the acquisition of profits”. After all, this question was not raised by us, but by 11 MPs of the governing majority, and it was never answered”, says SYRIZA in a statement.

“Syriza-PS a few days ago filed an amendment on borrowers, first residence, interest rates. The amendment provided for: The product of the out-of-court mechanism for the vulnerable to be mandatory for the lender as well, the ability of the borrower to have knowledge of the regulation proposals and a framework to protect the first home from the final submission of the application. The government, through Mr. Hatzidakis, decided that such a thing is not necessary. And today he is coming to announce rates that insult the intelligence and pain of thousands of borrowers” the same announcement emphasizes.

“The policy of SYRIZA-PS on bad loans has been multidimensional over time and extended from the revision of N. Katselis and the out-of-court debt settlement mechanism to the modernization of the bankruptcy code and the secondary loan market. A critical parameter is always the legislative initiatives for the protection of the first home and not only the APS (Asset Protection Scheme) which was actually implemented by the ND. SYRIZA-PS supported the weak at every step and took all the necessary measures to maintain social cohesion. Let Mr. Marinakis explain what measures the ND took in favor of the weak,” he notes.