“The government did not read the parliamentary lessons”
DISY MP, Mr. Averof Neofytou, opened fire yesterday against the Christodoulidis Government, specifically targeting the Government Spokesman, Mr. Konstantinos Letympiotis regarding the proposal of a law for haircuts that President Christodoulidis mentioned in the Supreme Court.
Specifically, Mr. Averof “thanked” the Government Representative for parliamentary coursesthat “tries to teach him” and said that he “hopes next time he will be better read”.
His statements:
In essence (why citizens are really fed up with the communication loopholes):
It seems that the government did not even study our proposed law. Otherwise, he would not plead an increase in spending and unconstitutionality. What my proposal provides is where the €80 million that the banks pay each year will end up.
And what we voted for, is to go to the “shorn” fund, security holders, shareholders – as well as “shorn” employee welfare funds. which will go to the Refugee Fund – a law whose constitutionality no one questioned.
Ultimately, let's wait for the decision of the Constitutional Court, since the PtD insists on referring to the law. p>
However, why should all the banks pay for the “haircut”?
Based on what Mr. Averof said, all Cypriot banks should banks to be taxed and this money to go into a fund for the rehabilitation of defrauded depositors, security holders, old bank shareholders and members of bank employees' provident funds.
We are in favor of compensating shorn depositors… and it was too late!
But the issue is why should all banks be taxed exactly the same, when the only ones who “cut” their depositors were Bank of Cyprus and Marfin/Laiki?
To speak on merit, Bank of Cyprus ONLY should be taxed for the super profits that it has been celebrating for so many months. E.g. instead of proposing the taxation of all banks, it could be proposed to tax the profits above €100,000 of the bank in question, as it did to its depositors.
Finally, enough with the compensations of shareholders and bank employees! They are the only ones who benefit and are compensated for so many years, while the rest “cut off” depositors have not received compensation of even one euro.
We, as the editorial team of 24h, leave this proposal open for discussion both to the President of the Republic, Mr. Christodoulidis, and to the Minister of Finance , Mr. Keravnos.
