ELTA’s “step back” did not bend the ND reactions – Government drubbing the management

The lawsuit of the closure of 204 ELTA branches fell similar a bolt from the bluish wrong the authorities camp, arsenic a bid of ministers and MPs were blindsided by the decision. Of course, successful precocious authorities ranks and successful portion of the ministers the determination was known, since astatine the opening of October determination had been a applicable gathering with the information of ELTA’s absorption and the HCAP. However the determination was not communicated by the absorption of the company, with the effect that the “sudden death” caught mayors, MPs and of people citizens – particularly the aged – wholly disconnected guard.

And truthful ELTA yesterday decided to instrumentality a measurement backmost nether the unit of reactions — but without taking backmost the substance of the intervention. In a newer announcement of the company, the “sudden death” volition so use for the branches of the large municipality centers and the prefectural capitals, but a 3-month hold volition beryllium fixed for the branches successful different determination areas, with accent connected the borderline prefectures. Of people this determination besides is not without turbulence and provokes aggravated absorption among ND MPs.

“The erstwhile determination was technocratically much correct, but communicatively wholly mistaken. Now this determination is some substantively and communicatively wrong,” says a bluish MP to protothema.gr, who is waiting for the league that volition instrumentality spot successful Parliament adjacent Tuesday successful bid to rise the contented astatine a higher level and to constituent retired that 2 speeds are present being created.

Nevertheless, the authorities does not look to beryllium shifting, contempt the fixed displeasure regarding the handling by ELTA absorption and CEO Grigoris Sklikas. “The restructuring of ELTA is indispensable for its endurance and the authorities understands the acute fiscal occupation of the institution contempt the interventions and the steps already taken. At the aforesaid clip though, the modernization of ELTA passes done practice of the Post with section societies, which aft each marque up their beardown lawsuit base,” authorities officials said yesterday. “Blue” MPs nevertheless are connected an adjacent harder enactment with the company’s management. “We would person expected that astatine slightest 1 ELTA subdivision would stay successful each large Municipality of the country. Unfortunately this was not possible. I see it a fixed that cuts volition besides interaction the executives of the cardinal administration, truthful that everyone is convinced of the necessity of developments,” notes the MP of A’ Thessaloniki Dimitris Kouvelas to protothema.gr, targeting ELTA management.

The Hatzidakis reaction

In this situation the aggravated absorption of the government’s vice president Kostis Hatzidakis should not spell unnoticed, regarding leaks, publications and backstage discussions that helium knew but did not talk and that Mr. Sklikas was his ain prime erstwhile helium was Minister of Finance. “I ne'er denied the paternity of reforms adjacent if they were difficult. Like Olympic Airways, PPC, the taxation of freelancers, the linking of POS with currency registers. All these I came retired publically and supported them. The lawsuit of ELTA is not such, nevertheless for definite media thing that has societal absorption they effort to link to me,” said Mr. Hatzidakis yesterday with meaning connected Action24.

Blue discomfort

ELTA’s determination people creates large interest for ND MPs particularly successful ample municipality centers who abruptly recovered themselves receiving hundreds of complaints from mayors and their voters. Note that much predominant carnal usage of ELTA branches is by older citizens who represent a privileged electoral assemblage of ND.

“I americium pleased that ELTA proceeded to a retreat but we cannot bash retreat with the lives and enactment of our chap citizens. How did they mean to proceed to suspension of cognition without immoderate of america having been informed but neither the authorities oregon section authorities? And with what criteria were they proceeding to this suspension selecting besides profit-making branches? I anticipation we person answers soon,” stresses to protothema.gr the MP of West Sector B’ Athens Maria Syreggela, who notes the determination includes adjacent profitable branches successful her constituency.

In the aforesaid wavelength besides the MP of B’ Piraeus of the ruling enactment Michalis Livanos, arsenic his portion practically is near without an ELTA branch. “Priority is the viability of the organization, the extortion of jobs and the avoidance of a ‘bottomless barrel’. However a large municipality halfway similar Nikaia oregon Perama for illustration should not stay without postal services. The mode of restructuring is crucial,” points retired Mr. Livanos to protothema.gr.

Under this prism the gathering of the competent Parliament Committees astatine noon connected Tuesday with the information of officials of the Ministry of Finance and the managements of ELTA and HCAP is expected to beryllium explosive.