The objection of unconstitutionality submitted by SYRIZA and MERA25 on the bill of the Ministry of Labor for the modernization of EFKA was rejected by the majority. The governing majority voted against the objection of unconstitutionality, while the opposition, apart from SYRIZA and MERA25, voted in favor of the proposal and the KKE, while KINAL and Hellenic Solution declared “present”.
The general rapporteur of SYRIZA, Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou, spoke of a “direct violation of the Constitution” while the Minister of Labor, Kostis Hatzidakis, responding and rejecting the objections of unconstitutionality, accused the official opposition of operating with two measures.
“The provisions of the bill on the appointment of transferable employees to institutionalized positions of civil servants directly violate the principles of the Constitution for meritocracy, equality and transparency,” said Ms. Xenogiannakopoulou, calling on the parties to support the constitutional objection. Citing the report of the Scientific Committee of the Parliament, she claimed that “her remarks are a cover for the bill in terms of special evaluation and special mission and announces what will follow if it is voted”.
“The principle of neutral public administration is violated. We have arrested all the general directors and heads of EFKA with photographic provisions, with appointments made with the complete circumvention of ASEP. The Constitution is directly violated by the formation of a three-member disciplinary council. “It is clear that the constitutional principles of equality, meritocracy, democracy and transparency are being violated,” said Ms Xenogiannakopoulou.
“If an organization that alone has been collecting 48% of citizens’ complaints in the wider public sector for years is not a special case, then what is?” The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Kostis Hatzidakis, typically stressed, rejecting the objection of unconstitutionality.
At the same time, Mr. Hatzidakis attacked SYRIZA, accusing him of rhetoric of two meters and two stations. “We do not close our eyes to the huge problems of EFKA and the insured, just as the Constitution, which has special provisions that we use, does not close them either,” the minister said, adding: “SYRIZA operates with two meters and two weights. Today he talks about the unconstitutionality of the bill for EFKA, while he forgets that when he was in government he passed a law on the Land Registry which provided for the hiring of a General Manager and Deputy General Managers from the private sector. is there another one in the Land Registry? ”
Mr. Hatzidakis also accused SYRIZA of “taking the side of certain minorities within the EFKA who think they are affected, ignoring the suffering of millions of Greeks.” “What we are doing today is the epitome of social policy. Because we are coming to give meaningful solutions to the problems of our suffering fellow human beings. And that is why you are tearing your clothes,” he said.
Referring to the regulation for the recruitment of General Managers and Directors from the private sector, the Minister of Labor stressed that “this possibility is provided by the Constitution for the public sector, when there are properly justified special conditions”.
At the same time, he rejected the accusations of trying to create a party army by recruiting “golden boys” from the private sector, opposing that “we do not address only the private sector, but also the public sector as a whole and the EFKA executives”.
“There are certain addresses and functions within the Agency for which there is obviously experience in EFKA employees that can not be found elsewhere. We are not going to make dogmatic recruitments only from the private sector to worsen the situation instead of improving it. The goal is This requires the interest of the defenseless Greeks who are suffering in the queues, waiting for years to receive their pension, have a number of service problems from EFKA. which in a few months will give additional impetus to this long-suffering Organization “, he stated characteristically.
Responding to the opposition’s accusations about the disciplinary councils and internal audits, Mr. Hatzidakis underlined that “at the moment there are more than 1,100 pending complaints concerning 7,500 employees, because the disciplinary council operates at a tortoise pace and there are no the respective services to address the issues “. “What is your problem? That we abbreviate the dates on which the disciplinary committee examines or that we remove the unionists from the disciplinary? Yes, we remove the unionists from the disciplinary. It is not the job of the EFKA trade unionists to judge the cases Article 103 of the Constitution you refer to stipulates that two-thirds of the members of the Disciplinary Board must be civil servants. Two out of three members are civil servants. not compositions like the ones we had until today that led to these brilliant results “concluded Mr. Hatzidakis.
For her part, the parliamentary representative of MERA25, Fotini Bakadima, defended her party’s proposal, stressing that “the provisions for the recruitment of General Directors and Directors with a three-year term from the private sector directly conflict with the Constitution.” “According to the Constitution, no one can be appointed to an organic position held by a permanent civil servant who is evolving in terms of rank and salary and can not be dismissed or transferred without a decision of the disciplinary board made by objective criteria by an independent authority. “The constitutional principle for the operation of the public administration is violated and the provision which completely bypasses ASEP is obviously unconstitutional and illegal,” said Ms. Bakadima.
KINAL parliamentary representative Nadia Giannakopoulou disagreed on the issue of unconstitutionality, arguing that her party’s objection is deeply political to the highly problematic articles of the bill, but that the Constitution should be used sparingly.
“KINAL focuses on the problematic articles of the bill for which we have expressed strong objections on the principle and on the articles. Our opposition is mainly deeply political and essential for the shortcomings and failures, the customer logic that governs But we do not consider it necessary to raise issues of unconstitutionality. Let the Constitution be left alone. Do not abuse it. As a parliamentary group, KINAL cautiously and responsibly invokes the Constitution. to be solid “, Mrs. Giannakopoulou stated characteristically and added:
“The report of the scientific committee of the Parliament raises issues of concern, such as the very serious issue with the establishment of the disciplinary councils, but we will trust the Greek courts. “The field of our political controversy is to ensure the efficiency and functioning of the public administration to serve the citizen and that it will certainly not succeed with the unworthy provisions of the bill,” he concluded.
The parliamentary representative of the KKE, Nikos Karathanassopoulos, was in favor of the objection of unconstitutionality, noting that “the bourgeois constitution is turned into a rubber band every time, in order to pass the anti-popular policies of each government”. “In the face of defending the interests of business groups, labor and insurance rights are being undermined. In this respect, the provisions of the bill can be considered unconstitutional and unpopular. In essence, what is being done is the privatization of EFKA and its transformation into a private company with “It paves the way with these upheavals for what will happen in the rest of the public sector,” said Mr. Karathanassopoulos, adding: “It is clear that we are dealing with an anti-labor bill and it must be withdrawn. .
The parliamentary representative of the Hellenic Solution, Vassilis Viliardos, who declared “present”, stressed that “instead of having laws in accordance with the constitution, we have a constitution in accordance with the laws”. At the same time, he reiterated his party’s proposal for the creation of a Constitutional Court, while pointing out that “the door to the golden boys is opening”.
Request for a roll call vote from SYRIZA and the KKE
SYRIZA and the KKE submitted a request for a roll call vote on the bill of the Ministry of Labor & Social Affairs for the modernization of EFKA.
The roll-call vote will take place tomorrow immediately after the end of the debate on the bill.
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