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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-09-12
CONTENTS
[01] Sharp ND criticism over property surcharge
[01] Sharp ND criticism over property surcharge
(AMNA) -- Main opposition New Democracy (ND) on Monday lashed out at
the government over an extraordinary surtax on building properties it
announced over the weekend, but also at the president of the Public
Power Corp. employees' federation GENOP Nikos Fotopoulos, who said the
federation would block collection of the surtax via electricity bills
as intended by the government.
ND's position on the surtax on real estate is given, "we are categorically
opposed", the party's press spokesman Yiannis Mihelakis
Mihelakis noted that the government over the weekend "announced the
6th surtax in 20 months", adding that the new surtax "confirms the
government's resounding failure, belies its assurances that no (AMNA)
additional collection measures will be taken, and dissolves the last
remaining remnants of its credibility".
He charged that the government is a "captive in a wrong recipe and unable
to attain the targets it sets out", and "insists on a tax raid that
kills construction activity in which tens of professions are active",
while at the same time "deepening the recession, freezing the market
and increasing unemployment".
Mihelakis reiterated that supporting construction activity is a
fundamental tool for giving breath to the real economy and boosting
employment, and reiterated steps in that direction that have been put
forward by ND. (AMNA) said, but added that no public organisation is
anyone's private property "and no Fotopoulos can obstruct implementation
of the laws".
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