“The struggle of the people can stop the involvement and participation of Greece in the imperialist war so that our country does not become a perpetrator of other peoples,” said KKE General Secretary Dimitris Koutsoumbas in his speech at a gathering of friends and party members in Kozani.
“It’s the best service we can offer to the Ukrainian and Russian people, that the bourgeoisie of their countries, has led them to this upheaval,” Koutsoubas continued, urging workers “to draw their own independent line for a life without wars away from all bourgeois and imperialist plans. “
Speaking at the full amphitheater of the Kozani Art Gallery, the General Secretary of the KKE Central Committee pointed out that the developments in Ukraine prove that “imperialist competition is entering a new phase”, and accused the government of choosing to engage in it. of the selfish interests of the Greek ruling class “.
He made a long reference to the actions of both the ND government and the previous SYRIZA – ANEL for the way they chose “to upgrade the Greek involvement in the dangerous imperialist plans”, citing as typical examples of such a policy:
– “The inauguration of Alexandroupolis as a base for the promotion of US-Eastern forces in Romania, as part of a military exercise, ie a” war rehearsal “with a scenario of conflict with Russia
– the control by the Greek Air Force on behalf of NATO of the airspace of Northern Macedonia and Bulgaria
– the beginning of the process of upgrading Souda, which paved the way for the current defeated Agreement on the bases, which has turned all of Greece into a base and a target “.
“The rehearsals of the war with the step-by-step encirclement of Russia by NATO have been supported by all previous governments with their signatures,” Koutsoubas said, adding that “no people can sleep peacefully” as events unfold. Closing his lengthy report on the events in Ukraine, he demanded “that no Greek soldier be sent to the region and that any version of sending equipment be ruled out.”
Referring to the wave of accuracy in energy and fuel, he stressed that “the people are already paying dearly for our country’s involvement not only with the new race of armaments systems, but also with the launch of already very high prices in energy and fuel.” He noted that “the war in Ukraine is leading to a new sharp rise in the price of gas, electricity, and this in turn is leading to a sharp rise in the accuracy of food and commodities.
Depoliticization
“From Western Macedonia, from this rich place here, with the experienced workers in the production of electricity”, he asked to open the discussion about the energy “that the popular households pay in gold. To illuminate all sides of the problem to see who is to blame and we have reached this point but also what needs to be done “, noted Mr. Koutsoumbas.
The real causes of the de-ligation of Western Macedonia, according to the KKE, are none other than the implementation of the EU guidelines, which include the full release of energy, the “green transition”, the “pollutant exchange” and other options, which “Step by step, all Greek governments have implemented and are implementing,” Koutsoubas said, adding that “these political choices in the region of Western Macedonia have resulted in energy poverty, rising unemployment, a blow to labor relations and other serious consequences.” in the life of the people of the region “. He concluded by saying that all of the above “are options that meet the needs of business groups to find new profitable sectors their over-accumulated capital”.
He attacked both the government and SYRIZA and KINAL, saying that: “together they promoted the gradual closure of lignite plants from 2011 and the imposition of imported natural gas as a strategic fuel for electricity generation, in accordance with the” green transition “directions. .
“Together they accepted the EU commitments of the pollution trade, which made lignite power generation more expensive than RES with artificial charges.
“Together they promoted the liberalized energy market, in the context of which cartels were formed where speculation flourished on the Energy Exchange”
He characterized “as a crime” the decision to convert the modern lignite plant Ptolemaida 5 into a natural gas unit but also to stop the extraction of oil in Kavala.
He described the new EU recommendations for using lignite power generation against Russian gas as hypocritical, saying that “a few months ago they were talking about the supposed protection of the environment, just to promote the green transition strategy”. Mr. Koutsoubas stated that the EU green policy “imposes the imported natural gas as a strategic fuel for electricity generation in Greece and that this choice serves the interests of the USA, but also of important Greek shipowners, who have undertaken the transportation of the American shale gas with one of the most modern fleets of LNG and LPG transport tankers. “We are talking about ‘golden jobs’ for the shipping capital,” Koutsoubas said, adding that “the war in Ukraine is accelerating the EU’s dependence on Russian gas and its replacement by liquefied natural gas.” Finally, he said that in order to promote this whole project, the creation of two floating LNG gasification stations in the port of Alexandroupolis is being promoted, as well as the creation of a submarine warehouse in Kavala, which will receive mainly American LNG, with the aim of supplying Europe and the Balkans. . “This explains the intense interest of the Americans for the privatization of the ports of Alexandroupolis and Kavala,” concluded Dimitris Koutsoumbas.
The secretary of the KKE during his visit to the Kozani PE met in Ptolemaida with the mayor of the city Panagiotis Plakentas while a visit followed at the Agios Dimitrios substation where he spoke to the employees. In the afternoon, he had successive meetings with doctors and health personnel from the hospitals of Kozani and Ptolemaida, where they discussed issues related to the shortage of doctors and the smooth operation of the NSS.
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