SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, who is visiting the region of Argolida, Greece, said that “we will re-establish the cooperative movement on healthy roots and will release the farmer and producer from the ties of an unjust taxation.”
Tsipras underlined that the time has come to support the country in order to exit the crisis, noting that the country cannot leave from the crisis without supporting the primary production and laborers. He pledged that the ‘government of restoration and reconstruction’ he plans to create will support the farmers and the primary production by decreasing production cost. He also said that he will cancel the ENFIA single property tax because it taxes agricultural production means, he will set the tax-free limit at 12,000 euros and will settle bad loans with aim, as he said, to help farmers not face the risk of losing their properties.
He said that Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ threats do not find their target because people are aware that if the Memorandum policy continues, the country will become a colony without production and farmers in the future.
“Rifts are needed with the past and with all those that have led us to 2009 and we are here to show the difficult road of reconstruction,” he said, stating that he is certain that people have taken their decision and that “from January 26, we will be a country full of people with heads high and dignity in Europe.”
Tsipras clarified that the subsidies will not be cut from farmers, adding that European Funds will be used to support primary production.
Asked about the Greek debt’s haircut, he said that “the haircut is necessary in order for a sustainable development and prospect to exist for all Europe. It is an unavoidable development,” he said, adding that “the crucial issue is whether it will be applied through new measures of unsuccessful austerity or via growth prospect measures, which is what is at stake on January 25, and regarding the Memorandum, SYRIZA will not be the one that will cancel it, but the people, the night of the elections.”
(source: ana-mpa)
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