This is the last budget of the ten-year government of Nicos Anastasiades, which is expected to be passed by the majority of the legislative body, with the votes of DISY, DIKO and DIPA MPs.
Averof: Stability
DISY President and candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, Averof Neophytou outlined his programme for the next day and appeared as the guarantor of economic stability and growth. He took swipes at his two main opponents, Nikos Christodoulides and Andreas Mavroyiannis. "When someone votes for Averoff he knows what he gets. He gets Averoff". "What the citizen doesn't know is when he votes for Mavroyiannis or Christodoulides. I know what they get. For the one AKEL, for the other several parties that don't talk to each other. They have diametrically opposed views on the economy, the Cyprus problem, YESY, everything," he said: Change[/B]
AKEL secretary general Stefanos Stefanou raised the need for change, praising the qualitative characteristics of Andreas Mavroyiannis, with barbs against Averof Neophytou and Nikos Christodoulides. "Things cannot change if a candidate emerges in power who declares himself satisfied with the government, who declares himself a continuator of the government, who declares that the government is not responsible for corruption and for the problems facing the country and its citizens. Those who belatedly have solutions while for ten years they have not only not solved the problems but have been part of them cannot change things."
Nicolas: Their "thanks"
DIKO President Nicolas Papadopoulos launched a firestorm against the government and DISY, referring to the help his party offered to the government during Anastasiades' first five years in office to address the problems that plagued the country, despite being in opposition. "The 'thank you' we hear for this responsibility, on a daily basis now, is the derogatory and derogatory labels: we are 'toxic', we are 'ahtarmas', we are a fearmonger, 'we will throw the country on the rocks' and much more," he added, stressing that "of course, everyone understands that we hear these things because we have made different choices in the presidential elections." Nicolas Papadopoulos noted that a Nicos Christodoulides administration can forge unity through the formation of a government of national unity, or at least, broader acceptance.
The need for basic unity was addressed by the President of the Greek Democratic Party of Greece, Marinos Sizopoulos, who expressed optimism that "the Greek Democratic Party of Greece will be in the next government of our country, to contribute to the implementation of a people-centered government policy, as it has already been announced by Nikos Christodoulides. DIPA President Marios Karoyan said that the 2023 presidential elections are an interim but crucial milestone, and noted that the acceptance by Nicos Christodoulides of the idea of forming a government of national unity was a catalyst in terms of DIPA's support for him. The President of ELAM and candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, Christos Christou, said that it is a peculiarity of the elections that all three leading candidates have each served the current administration from their respective positions. "Which, in our view, is the greatest proof that their election will not bring about the substantial change that you all advocate," he said."
Two days of all against all
The next two days of the budget debate will be taken up by MPs' statements, which will certainly have a strong electoral element, ahead of the February showdown. The budget debate will close with its adoption late on Thursday. The budget foresees revenues of 11,759.3 billion and expenditures of 11,296.0 billion. The budget surplus amounts to €0.46 billion or 1.7% of GDP and the primary surplus is expected to be in the range of 3%.
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