“We have studied, researched, consulted and, guided by the protection of the public interest, we are adding another weapon to the production of public works,” said Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Costas Ah. Karamanlis, at the end of the discussion of the draft law on the standard proposals for infrastructure projects.
The minister stressed that despite the “incredible things” that were heard from the opposition, the tool of the model proposals that is introduced, does not effortlessly adopt this institution, nor mechanically copies any framework from another country. He pointed out that there was no proposal from the official opposition from the discussion, on the contrary he was consumed “in shouts, criticism and in fact he did not say the slightest thing” in contrast to KINAL “who did harshly criticize, but also made proposals”.
We, noted Mr. Karamanlis, “listened to the proposals of the Competition Commission and the Independent Public Procurement Authority and added them to the draft law.”
The minister said that the government believes in the know-how of the private sector and wants to be involved in the production and implementation of projects. He rejected SYRIZA’s criticism that the ND government “wants to give the big projects to some specific big companies”, saying that “projects worth 870 million euros were contracted under the SYRIZA government, and of this 800 million euros went to a contractor!” “.
“What hypocrisy is this! Are you not ashamed, do you think we are in Wonderland and you will not get answers?” remarked to SYRIZA.
Mr. Karamanlis explained that the tool of the model proposals helps in the emergence of innovative ideas, preparation of projects in priority areas of the State, and in parallel with the procedures of the State, helps to accelerate the maturation of the projects. By the end of the year, projects worth 5 billion euros will have been contracted, but we do not stop here and we want the projects to proceed from both the NSRF and the Recovery Fund. We use the know-how in terms of project design, but also the performance of memory in the public sector, in order to avoid mistakes of the past. It also aims to exploit flexibility in speeding up processes.
He stressed that “the state, not only does not back down, but remains with a thunderous presence, as it has a supervisory role in this whole process” and will approve or not the model proposals in a project.
Regarding the compatibility of the bill with the European Union law, Mr. Karamanlis said that we have informed the European Commission. The pilot proposals have worked successfully in southern Italy, which is a country with almost the same pathogens as Greece, as they have worked in many US states. The contractor will be selected through an international public tender and this is the difference between our bill and other procedures adopted by Latin American countries.
Regarding the exemptions of HRDH projects, the minister said that “here too we respect the conditions of transparency and they come to strengthen investments in the country”. He noted that law 4412/16 of the SYRIZA government was amended 330 times.
We, said Mr. Karamanlis, “call on individuals to assist and help in the production of public works, and it is sad that in 2022 there will be a public-private debate”. He reminded that in 2014, it was again the ND government that introduced the PPPs, which were maintained by SYRIZA, as well as the concession agreements, Thus, “adopt and you will implement, because you are hypocrites and you say other things, you vote for others and you do other things,” he said, addressing the official opposition.
Regarding the two amendments of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, he stated that the provision ensures the employees of OASTH, so that most of the unduly paid amounts are not sought from them – and said that they resulted from their inclusion in the single payroll, from nationalization of the Organization made by the SYRIZA government. Responding to the criticisms about the recruitment of personnel in OSE, the minister described SYRIZA as an oxymoron to accuse him of proceeding with a fast recruitment process through ASEP for stationmasters and key people that the Organization needs, when for four and a half years the SYRIZA government had not done a single recruitment to urban transport companies and the railway.
Source: Capital
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