Ομιλία του Πρωθυπουργού Κυριάκου Μητσοτάκη στη Βουλή, στη συζήτηση επί της πρότασης δυσπιστίας κατά της κυβέρνησης που υπέβαλε ο ΣΥΡΙΖΑ

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27 Ιανουαρίου 2023


Κύριε Πρόεδρε, επιτρέψτε μου να ξεκινήσω την τοποθέτησή μου με μία αναφορά που συνιστά ιστορικό χρέος, πιστεύω, για λογαριασμό κάθε βουλευτή σε αυτήν την αίθουσα.

Σχεδόν οκτώ δεκαετίες από την απελευθέρωση του Άουσβιτς, επέτειο που ταυτίζεται με τη Διεθνή Ημέρα Μνήμης για τα Θύματα του Ολοκαυτώματος, οι Έλληνες σκύβουμε με τιμή στην ιερή σκιά των 60.000 συμπατριωτών μας που χάθηκαν στα κολαστήρια του ναζισμού. Ανοίγω μία παρένθεση: το γεγονός ότι ούτε καν αυτή η αναφορά δεν μπορεί να εξασφαλίσει χειροκρότημα από όλες τις πτέρυγες της Βουλής, λέει κάτι για το επίπεδο της τοξικότητας του πολιτικού διαλόγου.

Μαζί, λοιπόν, τιμούμε τη μνήμη και έξι εκατομμυρίων ομοθρήσκων τους, που μοιράστηκαν την ίδια τραγική μοίρα στη μεγαλύτερη θηριωδία της ανθρωπότητας. Την τιμή στα θύματα αυτά συνοδεύει το χρέος μας να μην ξεχάσουμε, αλλά να χτυπάμε και το κακό όπου αυτό εμφανίζεται: στον ιστορικό αναθεωρητισμό, στους βανδαλισμούς μνημείων και ασφαλώς με τον μανδύα συγκροτημένης πολιτικής έκφρασης.

Η ιερή και καταστατική υποχρέωση της δημοκρατίας είναι να φράζει τον δρόμο στους επίγονους του φασισμού και στους αρνητές του Ολοκαυτώματος. Μαζί, λοιπόν, με όλο τον κόσμο συμμεριζόμαστε το σύνθημα «Ποτέ ξανά».

Κύριε Πρόεδρε, κυρίες και κύριοι συνάδελφοι, επιτέλους ο κ. Τσίπρας ανταποκρίθηκε στην επίμονη πρόκλησή μας να έρθει στη Βουλή να αντιπαρατεθούμε εφ’ όλης της ύλης. Πέντε μήνες σάς ζητώ να καταθέσετε πρόταση δυσπιστίας και μόλις τώρα το κάνατε.

Καλό είναι αυτό, διότι στις δημοκρατίες εδώ είναι ο χώρος, στο κοινοβούλιο, που λύνουν τα κόμματα τις διαφορές τους. Εδώ και στις κάλπες. Και επειδή εκφράσατε αμφιβολία για το αν θα προστατευθεί η δημοκρατία, θα προστατευθεί με τη νίκη της Νέας Δημοκρατίας η δημοκρατία, κ. Τσίπρα, στις εκλογές που έρχονται.

Έχετε δίκιο να λέτε ότι οι κάλπες δεν αργούν, φτάνουμε εξάλλου στο τέλος της τετραετίας. Η εκτίμησή μου είναι ότι οι πολίτες θα σας στείλουν και πάλι στην αντιπολίτευση. Οι πολίτες δεν ξεχνούν, κρίνουν αυστηρά, συγκρίνουν δίκαια, αξιολογούν, επιβραβεύουν ή τιμωρούν.

Εξάλλου, φροντίσατε και σήμερα να μάς θυμίσετε ότι ο «θίασος» του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ ξέρει να ανεβάζει ένα μόνο έργο: να πυροβολεί τη χώρα, να ρίχνει λάσπη στην κυβέρνηση και να ποτίζει την κοινωνία με διχασμό, δηλητήριο και ψέματα. Διανθίζοντας μάλιστα σήμερα το ρεπερτόριό σας, κατά την άποψή μου, με πρωτοφανείς για την ιστορία του κοινοβουλίου προσωπικές ύβρεις εναντίον μου. Δεν είναι η πρώτη φορά που το κάνατε, σήμερα νομίζω ότι ξεπεράσατε και τον χειρότερο εαυτό σας.

Θυμήθηκα όταν χρησιμοποιήσατε τη φράση «ένοχος ή βλάξ», έτσι δεν είναι, αυτό δεν είπατε; Αν δεν με απατά η μνήμη μου, αυτή τη φράση την είχε χρησιμοποιήσει για πρώτη φορά ο μακαρίτης εκδότης της «Ελευθεροτυπίας» Κίτσος Τεγόπουλος αναφερόμενος τότε στον Ανδρέα Παπανδρέου, κάνοντας μια αναφορά στο σκάνδαλο Κοσκωτά. Το οποίο αφορούσε τον Παπανδρέου, τον Κουτσόγιωργα και τον κ. Μαντζουράνη, ο οποίος σήμερα είναι δικηγόρος του κ. Παππά.

Από τα pampers πήγαμε στις σακούλες. Προσέξτε, λοιπόν, όταν κάνετε τέτοιες ιστορικές αναφορές χωρίς να γνωρίζετε την προέλευσή τους.

Κοιτάξτε, καταλαβαίνω. Καταλαβαίνω. Θέλετε να παρουσιάσετε μια εικόνα της πραγματικότητας τελείως δυστοπική. Αντιλαμβάνομαι ότι σας δημιουργεί κάποιον εκνευρισμό το γεγονός ότι 3,5 χρόνια μετά τις εκλογές φαίνεστε, τουλάχιστον δημοσκοπικά, να υπολείπεστε σημαντικά της Νέας Δημοκρατίας. Και καταλαβαίνω γιατί ανεβάζετε συνέχεια τα ντεσιμπέλ της χυδαιότητας. Το καταλαβαίνω γιατί το κάνετε.

Για το μέλλον του τόπου, για τις προσδοκίες και τις αγωνίες των πολιτών, για τη θέση της Ελλάδος σε αυτόν τον δύσκολο και επικίνδυνο κόσμο, δεν έχετε να πείτε απολύτως τίποτα. Ούτε σήμερα μας είπατε τίποτα για το τι θέλετε να κάνετε την επόμενη τετραετία.

Έχετε, όμως, κι ένα πρόσθετο πρόβλημα. Δεν μπορείτε να μιλήσετε όχι μόνο για το μέλλον, δεν μπορείτε να μιλήσετε ούτε για το παρελθόν σας διότι και αυτό ακόμα σας καταδιώκει.

Και μοιάζει, πράγματι, ξέρετε ειρωνικό το γεγονός ότι διαλέξατε την 25η Ιανουαρίου για να καταθέσετε πρόταση δυσπιστίας. Γιατί η 25η Ιανουαρίου συμπίπτει με τη στιγμή που το 2015 ο κ. Τσίπρας έγινε για πρώτη φορά -κατά την εκτίμησή μου, για τελευταία φορά- Πρωθυπουργός. Είναι μία στιγμή που οι περισσότεροι Έλληνες θέλουν να ξεχάσουν. Όχι όλοι, αλλά οι περισσότεροι θέλουν να ξεχάσουν.

Γιατί τότε ξεκίνησε αυτή η θλιβερή περιπέτεια της χώρας, που την έφερε ένα βήμα από τον «γκρεμό» της αποβολής από την Ευρώπη. Με κλειστές τις τράπεζες, αλλά ορθάνοιχτα τα σύνορα σε εκατομμύρια μετανάστες. Με ένα τρίτο, βαρύ μνημόνιο και το διαβόητο δημοψήφισμα της «κωλοτούμπας». Εσείς, που επικαλείστε το Σύνταγμα και το Κράτος Δικαίου.

Ύστερα ακολούθησε μία αλυσίδα από δεκάδες περικοπές σε μισθούς και συντάξεις, πολλούς δυσβάστακτους φόρους που διέλυσαν τη μεσαία τάξη.

Η επιλογή σας όμως να καταθέσετε αυτή την πρόταση, αυτή τη συγκεκριμένη μέρα, ήταν, κ. Τσίπρα, διπλά ατυχής. Καθώς φρόντισε ο ΣΥΡΙΖΑ να την ανακοινώσει -και μάλιστα το κάνατε και σήμερα- με επίκεντρο την Εθνική Υπηρεσία Πληροφοριών και τις Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις, την ίδια μέρα που στην Τουρκία συνεδρίαζε το Συμβούλιο Άμυνας της γειτονικής χώρας.

Έτσι, για μία ακόμα φορά όσα ισχυρίζεται η αντιπολίτευση έγιναν ξανά πρωτοσέλιδα στην Άγκυρα. Λυπάμαι. Λυπάμαι πραγματικά. Κανένα άλλο ξένο μέσο δεν αναπαρήγαγε τη συζήτηση αυτή, παρά μόνο τα μέσα της Τουρκίας.

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The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

 Statement by the Prime Minister on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27, 2023
Ottawa, Ontario

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day:

“Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I join Canadians in honouring the memory of the more than six million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust. We remember the many Roma and Sinti, people with disabilities, 2SLGBTQI+ people, Black people, Slavic people, political opponents, and Jehovah’s Witnesses who were also persecuted and killed by the Nazis and their collaborators. We also honour the survivors and the people who gave their own lives to save the lives of others during the Holocaust.

“Each January 27, on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in 1945, we come together to promise ‘never again.’ That day, and in the weeks that followed, the world saw the true scale of the mass murder, systemic starvation, and genocide that occurred. In 2023, the Holocaust seems increasingly distant, so listening to and learning from survivors’ stories is now more important than ever. With the disturbing rise of antisemitism in our communities, we must uphold our collective responsibility to speak up against hatred and discrimination – wherever and whenever it occurs.

“Simply saying ‘never again’ is not enough. We must also take concrete action to combat the discrimination, hateful rhetoric, and racism that Jewish people and others continue to face. That’s why, last year, the Government of Canada criminalized the willful promotion of antisemitism by denying, condoning, or downplaying the Holocaust. We provided historic funding to strengthen Holocaust remembrance, including by supporting the construction of a new Holocaust museum in Montréal, the creation of the Toronto Holocaust Museum, and the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver’s redevelopment project, which will include a new home for the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism, the Honourable Irwin Cotler, continues to advance our work on combatting antisemitism and all forms of racial discrimination and on preserving the memory of the Holocaust – both at home and abroad.

“This year’s United Nations theme for International Holocaust Remembrance Day – Home and Belonging – invites us to explore and reflect on how victims and survivors of the Holocaust were forced to adjust their idea of belonging. Many found a home in Canada and forged strong communities here which have helped shape Canada into the strong and diverse country we know today.

“As we reflect on the atrocities of the Holocaust, we renew our commitment to honour the memory of the Shoah, and to continue to learn from the horrors of the past. Today, we say ‘never again,’ and we reaffirm our shared responsibility to do everything we can to combat hatred, antisemitism, and discrimination in all its forms.”

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Dear maria, In today's edition, we highlight: The costs of misreading inflation The managing director in Africa Haiti's Food Shock Financing World Uncertainty Index

FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT The Costs of Misreading Inflation (Credit: Adobe Stock/Aerial-Drone) Central bankers might have snuffed out inflation sooner had they paid more attention to spiraling costs in one overlooked industry. Shocks in the shipping industry can alert central banks to price perils and reduce the risk of once again falling behind the curve, Georgetown University’s Jonathan Ostry writes in an online exclusive for F&D magazine. Even as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and other policymakers insisted that inflation was only transitory in late 2021, there were signs from the shipping industry of more persistent price pressures. By October 2021, the cost of shipping containers by maritime freight had increased by over 600 percent from pre-pandemic levels, while the cost of shipping bulk commodities by sea had more than tripled, according to a recent study by Ostry and co-authors from the IMF. Given the actual increase in global shipping costs during 2021, they estimate that the impact on inflation in 2022 was more than 2 percentage points—a huge effect that few central banks would dismiss. “While policymakers may get a pass for not factoring into their decisions what was unknowable a year ago, they should be held accountable for missing known drivers of inflation, especially those that pointed to enduring price pressures,” Ostry writes. Read the article

The Resilience and Sustainability Trust recognizes vulnerability as a criterion for concessional finance. In this podcast, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva discusses the RST with Prime Minister Mia Motley of Barbados, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Makhtar Diop, Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation. The discussion is moderated by Rajiv Shah, President of the Rockefeller Foundation.

MANAGING DIRECTOR IN AFRICA Reform progress in Rwanda and Zambia

Kristalina Georgieva congratulated Rwanda on being the first country in Africa to access the IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust at the end of a visit this week, which also included discussions with finance ministers and central bankers from the East African Community, a meeting with green entrepreneurs, as well as interviews with Rwanda TV and a national newspaper. Earlier, in Zambia, the managing director spoke with university students, visited a school and discussed the economic outlook in a two-part interview (part 1 and part 2). Georgieva commended Zambia’s efforts to focus spending on education and health and to fight corruption. Visit the managing director’s Twitter feed for more highlights from her Africa trip.

GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS Haiti Taps Food Shock Financing (Credit: Getty Images/Emily_M_Wilson) Haiti has become the latest country to tap the IMF’s Food Shock Window, a new channel of emergency financing for countries that are facing balance of payments pressures from the global food crisis. The Fund’s Executive Board approved a $105-million disbursement to stave off shortages of food supplies. Haiti has been hit hard by the global food price shock. Record price inflation has worsened the Caribbean nation’s fragility. With more than half the population already below the poverty line, Haiti faces a dire humanitarian crisis, with an expected financing gap of at least $105 million this fiscal year. This shock compounds the hardships of an already highly fragile country—also suffering a cholera health emergency and serious security risks. As well as filling the financing gap, Antoinette Sayeh, Deputy Managing Director and Acting Chair, said IMF emergency support would “support those most affected by food price rises through feeding programs and cash and in-kind transfers to vulnerable households, waives school fees and other measures.” In a blog last year, the IMF’s managing director said only rapid action could ease suffering of those without enough to eat and provide financing to countries in need. Read the blog

The shocks that have shaken the global economy in recent years have introduced a new normal for turbulence, driven in some cases by political fragmentation between countries. These episodes have also lifted uncertainty to exceptionally high levels, which in turn hurts economic growth. As the Chart of the Week shows, the IMF’s World Uncertainty Index has fallen for the most recent month of data but has continued to hit elevated levels in recent times owing to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the cost-of-living crisis and other shocks. See the interactive chart

Weekly Roundup STAFF PAPER Dollar Lenders of Last Resort Central banks may over-accumulate dollar reserves because they do not realize that this exacerbates a global scarcity of dollar-denominated safe assets, according to a new working paper by IMF staff. This scarcity of safe assets lowers dollar interest rates and encourages firms to increase the currency mismatch of their liabilities by borrowing more heavily in dollars than is justified by their operating exposures. A global regulator would prefer central banks to hold fewer dollar reserves and instead use existing regulatory tools more aggressively to shore up financial stability, the authors write. STAFF PAPER Macroprudential Policies Many countries use “macroprudential policies” to respond to external shocks, such as US monetary policy surprises or fluctuations in capital flows. In a new working paper, IMF staff construct a model of a small open economy that adjusts borrower’s loan-to-value ratios and bank’s capital adequacy ratios. The authors find that countercyclical macroprudential policy is more likely in countries whose foreign-currency liabilities are larger than their foreign-currency assets. Domestic credit and interest rates are also more insulated from US monetary tightening in countries that employ macroprudential policies countercyclically.

MARK YOUR CALENDER

JAN 30, 8:30 PM EST | JAN 31, 9:30 AM SGT World Economic Outlook Update The IMF's chief economist, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, will launch the World Economic Outlook Update at a press briefing in Singapore. Watch here JAN 30, 9:00 AM EST | JAN 30, 3:00 PM CET Middle East and North Africa in 2023 Jihad Azour, director of the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia Department, will present analysis of the outlook at an online event hosted by Mediterranean Dialogues. Register here

Thank you again very much for your interest in the Weekend Read! Be sure to let us know what issues and trends we should have on our radar.

Nick Owen Editor IMF Weekend Read nowen@IMF.org

NATO:Secretary General praises Germany’s strong contributions to NATO and support to Ukraine

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