“We are not complaining about the absolutely necessary measures we have taken for her support for the most vulnerable social groups, but do not downgrade them, giving the impression that money can be found with a magic wand. “Let us not resort to approaches of political hypocrisy,” he stressed the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Kostis Hatzidakis Speaking in Parliament on the amendment that provides for the terms and conditions of the emergency financial assistance that will be given until April 21 in five categories: The low-income pensioners, the uninsured elderly, the beneficiaries of the OPEC disability benefits and the beneficiaries of the Minimum Guarantee .
The total number of beneficiaries is 1.7 million and the The intervention budget amounts to EUR 324 million.
“We are not saying that the problem of vulnerable social groups is being solved with the emergency aids”, Mr. Hatzidakis noted, responding to the criticisms of the opposition deputies who characterized the measures as insufficient.
“The government estimates that at this stage we can go that far, taking into account the strengths of the budget and examining all the data. The money we give comes either from taxpayers or from borrowing, with all the risks it entails. There are no money trees, no magic recipes. “We give honest explanations to the Greek citizens”, he said characteristically.
Referring to the government’s policy especially for retirees – that “The Vroutsi law has made significant improvements for hundreds of thousands of retirees compared to the Katruggalo law, especially for those who have worked for more than 30 years. Many already see it in their pocket, others will see it in the coming years through the “gnawing” of the personal difference and the intervention that took place there. Interventions were also made in favor of working retirees, for orphaned children by both parents. There was also an intervention tax rate that was reduced from 22% to 9% and in this way a part of the pensioners pay less money to the Tax Office. And in the climate of difficulties that we have, it was decided twice to pay emergency aid to the low-income pensioners “.
Mr. Hatzidakis also referred to the 27,000 low-income retirees who complained about not receiving the emergency allowance (given at Christmas) and which were rejected by the AADE, as the crossings that were found did not meet the income and property criteria had been put.
“The government has done the best it can in the light of the country’s economic potential. “We stand by our financially vulnerable fellow citizens with continuous interventions”, concluded the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs.
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