Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-12-18
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[01] Papandreou: Audit of state finances caused most economic problems
[01] Papandreou: Audit of state finances caused most economic problems
Main opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou again outlined many of
his positions regarding political developments in the country as well
as on the party he leads, in an interview published by an Athens daily
on Sunday.
In published comments coinciding with the commencement of Parliament
debate on the draft 2006 state budget, Papandreou charged that the
latter was misleading, while also saying that envisioned increases in
revenues will come from wage-earners and via indirect taxes.
"We believe in a correct redistribution of the developmental dividend
in favor of the weaker classes, and certainly not for the purchase of
more F-16s," the former foreign minister said in citing the
government's recent decision to buy up to 40 new US-made warplanes.
He added that a PASOK government would have tabled a completely
different draft budget because it would not have proceeded with what he
called a "false audit" undertaken by the Karamanlis government late
last year -- a pre-election commitment by ruling New Democracy party
that led to significantly higher deficit figures being reported than
the ones previously announced by successive PASOK governments.
The interview was carried in the Sunday edition of the paper "To
Vima".
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