“I don’t want you to support us just to be ‘the good crybabys.’ I want them to support us to be the pillar of a progressive government”, said the SYRIZA PS presidential candidate. Famous Socratesspeaking to citizens at a central cafe in Avgerinou square, as part of his visit to Pyrgos yesterday.
“For this I call you. That’s why I take responsibility. Not just to be in opposition and reveal what is happening in Greece,” he continued. He added that “we have shown as a Parliamentary Group that we can find what is hidden behind the policies and expose the government as well.” “But,” he said, “We also want to be the pillar of a fair and serious government” and “to achieve this, SYRIZA must first of all become serious. AND we must apologize Why lately SYRIZA it lacks seriousness, adequacy, unity of reason and credibility”. “This course has to stop”, he stressed.
During your visit to the city went to Pyrgos City Council where, according to the respective notice, it discussed “the critical issue of lack of personnel and underfunding of municipalities, which creates serious problems in serving citizens, as well as the problem of over-indebtedness of DEYAs due to energy costs and their merger and privatization plan In addition, the issue of waste management was discussed, the major problem of the closure of university departments in the city of Pyrgos, the lack of staff in the municipal hospital and the very serious issue of population decline and the desolation of the countryside in Os. semi-mountainous and mountainous settlements of the region”. Mayor Stathis Kannis and deputy mayors Nontas Kyriazis, Alekos Galanopoulos, Vassilis Panagopoulos, Dimitris Tzouanopoulos and Vassilis Famellos attended the meeting.
Mr. Famelos also visited the local marketaccompanied by parliamentarian Ilias Dionysis Kalamatianos, the coordinator of the Provincial Commission Vassilis Karnaris and party leaders, and spoke with residents and professionals of Pyrgos. He also had a meeting with the president of the Pyrgos Commercial Association, Ilias Xanthoulis, and the secretary Efi Spiliopoulou. The Association’s representatives “expressed the anxiety of the commercial world in the area, which was also evident due to the many closed stores. The main concern had to do with the low purchasing power of citizens, which has a very serious negative impact on all commercial professions and stores”, states the respective statement.
Source: AMPE