Prime Minister George Papandreou, speaking in the Athens district of Peristeri on Thursday evening, announced special financial support for 500,000 low pension earners.
Only our conscience imposes these measures on us.
Papandreou stressed that this support constitutes a “minimum tribute” to the low pensioners who lifted a great weight.
He added that this support is “what we can do today” and that in the coming days the decision will also be announced on medical and pharmaceutical coverage for all the unemployed.
On the question of support for low pension earners, the prime minister said that the amount and the preconditions for it will be announced by the relevant ministers.
“Only our conscience imposes these measures on us,” Papandreou pointed out, linking these decisions with the “first positive steps that have been taken (in the course of the economy)” and calling for “even bigger steps.”
Papandreou referred to all that has been done from the beginning f the country’s governance by PASOK and said that despite the fact that “we found ourselves on the verge of the cliff, we remained standing thanks to the effort of all.”
He committed himself that there will be no additional burden for salary earners and pensioners and no burdening of tax rates.
“Our consistency is the best reply to those who are making games with fire with the elections now,” the Prime Minister said and added that “we are making the biggest deficit decrease,” while noting that in the November 7 elections the citizens will decide clearly where the country will go.
