The ND representative opened fire on SYRIZA and PASOK, Akis Shertsos.

“On May 21, citizens voted for economic realism and fiscal responsibility, for the clarity of the program positions of the parties and the consistency of words and projects. That is, in favor of those who express the ND program for the next four years, as well as the actions of his government. Kyriakou Mitsotakis during the previous four years.”

“In the same time, citizens voted against the creative ambiguity that ultimately causes insecurity for citizens and businesses, they voted against free programs, but also against dangerous experiments with taxes, dues and income of workers and enterprises“, continued the ND press representative and said:

“Unfortunately, opposition parties like Mr. SYRIZA and PASOKthey do not seem to have received this message from the ballot box and continue to provoke with the vagueness of their programs and the statements of their leaders. Yesterday and today, PASOK had a TV series in which two of its top leaders and state voting candidates, Mr. Dudonis and Ms. Chronopoulos, appeared on television in succession.disclosed without specifying his vague and dangerous tax plans.

Mr. Schertzos added that “two new “witnesses” – this time PASOK – revealed to us three measures1) increased tax on company dividends, 2) emergency taxation of large companies, and 3) restoration of taxation of parental benefits” and stated:

“The first two are extremely problematic because they slow down the record growth in private investment that has occurred in recent years. An increase, which is a basic development requirement to cover the long-term investment gap in the Greek economy and create new jobs.

But apart from the legal uncertainty and investment deterrence caused by the sudden changes in tax rates, especially the increased taxation of dividends is also an unfair policy for Greek businesses. This is because foreign investment is subject to taxation under the provisions of bilateral double tax treaties which are negotiated and which in turn are based on the OECD model where dividends are taxed at a rate of 5%. Thus, dividends from Greek companies will be taxed higher, but not from foreigners, who will still be taxed at the rate of 5%. It is a proposal that ultimately increases foreign competition and serves to “de-Hellenize” the Greek economy.

And a suggestion for emergency taxation of big business it is completely obscure in terms of its perimeter and rate level and therefore creates uncertainty and ultimately undermines investor confidence in the Greek economy.

In everything that does not concern them parental benefitsat the very least, it is curious why a party that claims to represent young people decides to put an obstacle in their way to start life with more financial resources by forcing them to pay taxes on the transfer of their family property.

The ND press representative stressed that redistributing more opportunities for young people to live better than previous generations is his party’s top priority. and is served by many policies, including de-taxing parental benefits.

“In any case, regarding the invaluable and dangerous economic program of PASOK, we will return tomorrow with a more specific statement, so as not to say too much,” Mr. Sertzos added.

Source: RES-IPE