Motion of censure against government actually aimed at SYRIZA itself, Gerapetritis says
He noted that it would be wise not to forget that the e-auctions were introduced in 2017 when SYRIZA was in government and Tsakalotos had boasted about the speeding up of the procedures and the first 25,000 auctions had taken place, while in 2019 the SYRIZA government had abolished a law protecting primary residences.
Main opposition SYRIZA's motion of censure does not target the government so much as SYRIZA itself, State Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis asserted, while speaking to Alpha radio on Friday. "It's a motion of censure against itself and especially against its former finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos," he said.
"It is a politically ill-timed motion of censure, a proposal that did not aim to put real pressure on the govenment. And I say this because, on a day when there are multiple crises and major issues in the headlines - such as the pandemic, Greek-Turkish relations, the court ruling on the sentences in the Golden Dawn trial - it chooses this particular day to highlight this particular issue and this is the political dimension of the problem," Gerapetritis said.
He noted that it would be wise not to forget that the e-auctions were introduced in 2017 when SYRIZA was in government and Tsakalotos had boasted about the speeding up of the procedures and the first 25,000 auctions had taken place, while in 2019 the SYRIZA government had abolished a law protecting primary residences.
Asked whether there will be auctions of working-class homes in the future, the minister replied: "What we will not see is people in real need having a housing problem for this reason. I want to guarantee this."
