For the Prime Minister’s decision Kyriakou Mitsotakis to leave the Parliament hall while he was on the podium o Nikos Pappasas temporary head of the SYRIZA KO, replied the government representative Pavlos Marinakis during the political editors’ briefing at noon on Thursday.

Characteristically, Mr. Marinakis mentioned that the prime minister does not choose who will be the leader of the official opposition. “Mr. Mitsotakis did not raise any issue typical of Mr. Pappa’s presence,” he said characteristically and added:

“The prime minister chooses with whom he will talk. He is waiting for the procedures in SYRIZA. The prime minister is talking, as he has talked in the past. We are waiting for the decisions of the members of SYRIZA to see who will be the president of SYRIZA”.

In response to a question about Antonis Samaras’ circle answer to the “nail” of Kyriakos Mitsotakis that he “neither talks nor flirts with convicts”, the government representative replied that he does not comment on answers that leak through circles.

“The condemnation of the terrorist act in Turkey by the Greek government is indescribable”

Pavlos Marinakis, during the introduction of his statement, expressed the unequivocal condemnation of the government for yesterday’s terrorist attack on the facilities of the Turkish Aerospace Industry in Ankara.

Then Mr. Marinakis, at the beginning of his introduction, said that the Parliament passed the n/s for the acceleration of recruitment in the public sector for the incentive system of civil servants, which provides, among other things, for the acquisition of a human resource information system by the public sector. Among other things, it provides that mountainous, island and remote areas are strengthened, through increased allocation with the criterion of locality and with the necessary condition that the appointee will remain for 10 years in the appointed position, while it becomes mandatory to stay in the same regional unit, for an additional 5 years .

Special care is also taken in prioritizing people with a certified indefinite disability at a rate of at least 50%.

The government representative referred to the recent IMF report which, he said, confirms the dynamics of the economy for the coming years, showing – as he said – stable primary surpluses of the order of 2.1% for the coming years and a continuous reduction of the public debt. Especially for public debt – said Mr. Marinakis – the International Monetary Fund predicts a further reduction from 168.9% of GDP in 2023 to 159% this year and gradually to 139.4% in 2029, “that is, a further reduction of almost 30 percentage points”.

The government representative noted that based on Eurostat data, our country is runner-up in the reduction of public debt on an annual basis.

Mr. Marinakis also referred to the “COVERAGE” program, with a total budget of 21.5 million euros, which concerns properties that are available to beneficiaries aged 25 to 39 who receive the Minimum Guaranteed Income from OPECA and do not own a home. As he said, it is implemented in 44 Municipalities of the country. Finally, Mr. Marinakis said that due to the sheep and goat pox cases in some areas of the country, security measures are being upgraded and the movement of sheep and goats for breeding, fattening, grazing and slaughtering is prohibited throughout the territory for ten days.