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| Gabriel Sakellaridis |
Vor nun etwas über 2 Jahren haben die
EU und der IWF erstmals Finanzhilfen bewilligt überwiegend zur
Bezahlung der bisherigen Gläubiger Griechenlands, daneben auch zur
präventiven Rettung griechischer Banken und für den laufenden
griechischen Staatshaushalt. Im Gegenzug haben sie den Griechen
Auflagen entsprechend der „Praxis“ des IWF gemacht. Innerhalb von
nur 2 Jahren gibt es in Griechenland Hunger wie sonst nach dem
Zweiten Weltkrieg nicht mehr. Im Gesundheitssystem, bei den Renten
und bei den Löhnen wird dramatisch gekürzt. Innerhalb weniger Jahre
sollen 150.000 Staatsbedienstete entlassen werden. 2010 wurde für
das Gesetz zur Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes sogar der
Verfassungsnotstand (Art. 44 griechische Verfassung) eingesetzt. Die
Finanzbehörden will man teilweise privatisieren. Die Troika verlangt
von Griechenland sogar, die Verfassung zu ändern, um sich darin auf
die vorrangige Bedienung der Gläubiger des Landes zu verpflichten.
Praktisch will man dafür alle Staatseinnahmen auf ein Sperrkonto
fließen lassen. Wie der Griechenland-Blog berichtete, will man die
Griechen außerdem zwingen, nur noch mit einer elektronischen
Quittungskarte einzukaufen und für ihre Privathaushalte zu
bilanzieren – ein weitgehenderer Überwachungsstaat als in der
DDR.
Hätte Griechenland ganz normal
souverän einen Staatsbankrott erklärt, wäre ein deutlich näher
bei der Mitte zwischen den Menschenrechten der Einwohner und der
Gläubiger liegender Kompromiss herausgekommen, während durch die
Troika vor allem das Recht auf Eigentum der großen Banken gewahrt
wird, auf Kosten vor allem der Griechen und daneben auch der
Steuerzahler in den anderen Staaten der EU.
Die beiden traditionell stärksten
Parteien Griechenlands, PASOK und Nea Demokratika, haben sich vor den
Wahlen schriftlich auf die Fortsetzung des rigorosen Sparkurses
verpflichtet und massiv an Stimmen eingebüßt.
Bei den Wahlen am 06.05.2012 wurde das
griechische Linksbündnis Syriza (www.syriza.gr)
zur zweitstärksten Kraft im Parlament. Unser Politikblog sprach mit
Gabriel Sakellaridis, dem Koordinator des Bundesarbeitskreises
Wirtschaft von Synaspismos, der stärksten Mitgliedspartei des
Bündnisses, über das Programm von Syriza für eine faire Lösung
der Finanzkrise – im Gegensatz zum Diktat der Troika.
“Memorandum of Understanding” vom 02.05.2010 (ursprüngliche Kreditrahmenvereinbarung zwischen Troika und Girechenland)
Artikel „Tsunami vor
Griechenland“ von Lost in Europe von Ende Januar 2012 mit den neuen
Auflagen der Troika (weitaus drastischer als in 2010)
Gutachten
„Überschuldung und Staatsinsolvenz in der Europäischen Union“
des wissenschaftlichen Beirats im Bundeswirtschaftsministerium (Stand
30.11.2010, veröffentlich 10.01.2011, zeigt )
www.bmwi.de/BMWi/Redaktion/PDF/Publikationen/Studien/gutachttext-ueberschuldung-staatsinsolvenz-in-der-eu-wissenschaftlicher-beirat,property=pdf,bereich=bmwi,sprache=de,rwb=true.pdf
Artikel
„Obdachlos wegen der Krise“ der Tagesschau zur Verarmung in
Griechenland
Griechenland-Blog
zitiert Mikis Theodorakis zur Armut in Griechenland und zur
absichtlichen Verschärfung der Krise
„Papandreou
hält eigene Beamten für überfordert“ der Financial Times
Deutsch-land vom 13.07.2011
Artikel
„Finanzministerium in Griechenland ruft zur Nutzung der
Quittungskarte auf“ des Griechenland-Blogs vom 19.11.2011
Artikel
der Deutschen Mittelstandsnachrichten vom 22.02.2012 „Peinlicher
Fehler der EU: Greichen-Verfassung kann erst 2013 geändert werden“
(über die Verfassungsänderung als Kredit- auflage und das
Sperrkonto)
Webseite von Syriza
Biographie von Gabriel Sakellaridis:
He was born in 1980 in
Athens. He studies at the Athens University of Economics and Business
and obtained his master in Finances at New York. Today he is a PhD
candidate at the Athens University of Economics and Business.
He was organized at the
Youth of SYNASPISMOS at 1999 and was a member of the Central
Committee for a number of years. Today he is a member of the Central
Committee of SYNASPISMOS and the coordinator of the Dept. of Economic
Policy of SYNASPISMOS. He is also a member of the Nikos Poulantzas
Institute (http://www.poulantzas.gr/).
10 Forderungen von Syriza zur
Finanzkrise:
THE BASIC
PROGRAMMATIC COMMITMENTS OF SYRIZA
NATIONAL
ELECTIONS, 6 MAY 2012
THE
EXIT FROM THE CRISIS IS ON THE LEFT
1)
Formulating a shield to protect society against the crisis
Not a single
citizen without a guaranteed minimum income or unemployment benefit,
medical care, social protection, housing and access to all services
of public utilities.
Protection
and relief measures for the indebted households.
Price
controls and price reductions, VAT reduction, abolition of VAT on
basic-need goods.
2)
Dispose of the Debt Burden
The debt is
first and foremost a product of class relations and is in its very
essence inhumane. It is produced by the tax evasion of the Rich, the
looting of public funds and the exorbitant procurement of military
weapons and equipment.
We are
asking immediately for:
Moratorium
of debt servicing
Negotiation
for debt cancelling, with a provision for social insurance funds and
small savers’ protection. This is to be pursued by exploiting any
available means such as audit control and suspension of payments.
Regulation
of the remaining debt with clause provisions for economic development
and employment.
European
regulation for the debt of European States.
Radical
change of European Central Bank’s role.
Prohibition
of speculative banking products.
Paneuropean
tax on wealth, financial transactions and profits.
3. Income
redistribution, taxation of wealth and abolishment of unnecessary
expenses
Reorganization
and consolidation of tax-collecting mechanisms.
Taxation of
the fortunes over 1 million Euros and large-scale revenues.
Gradual
increase, up to 45%, of the tax on SAs distributed profits.
Taxing
financial transactions. Special taxing on consumption of luxury
goods.
Lift of the
tax exemptions of ship owners and of the Greek Orthodox Church.
Lift of
Banking and Merchant confidential, hunt down tax evasion and social
insurance contribution evasion.
Banning of
transaction carried through off shore companies.
Quest for
new resources via efficient exploitation of European funds, via the
claims on the payment of the German occupation loan and of German
World War II reparations and finally via the steep reduction of
military expenses.
4
Productive, Social and environmental reconstruction
Nationalisation/
socialization of the banks and integration of them in a public
banking system under social and worker’s control in order to serve
developmental purposes. The scandal of the recapitalization of banks
must stop immediately.
Nationalization
of all public enterprises, of strategic importance, that have been
privatized so far. Administration of public enterprises based on
transparency, social control and democratic planning. Support for the
provision of Public Goods.
Protection
and consolidation of the SME’s of the social sector and
co-operatives.
Ecological
transformation of the developmental model. This includes a
transformation in the sectors of energy production, manufacturing,
tourism and agriculture. All these sectors are to be reformed under
the criteria of nutritional abundance and fulfillment of social
needs.
Development
of scientific research and productive specialization.
5 Stable
employment with descent wage and social insurance
The constant
degradation of labour, coupled with the embarrassing levels of wages
does not attract any investments nor development or employment.
We are
calling for
Well-paid,
well-regulated and insured employment.
Immediate reconstitution of the minimum wage and of real wages within
three years.
Immediate reconstitution of collective labor agreements.
Instigation of powerful control mechanisms that will protect
employment.
Systematic confrontation of lay-offs and labour relations
deregulation.
6.
Deepening Democracy. Democratic political and social rights for all.
There is a democratic deficit in the country.
Greece is gradually transformed into an authoritarian-police state.
We are calling for:
A refoundation of popular sovereignty and an upgrade of
parliamentary power within the political system. Instigation of a
proportional electoral system. Separation of Powers. Revoke the Law
for ministerial Responsibility and abolishment of the MP’s economic
privileges.
Real decentralization and local government with sound resources and
expanded jurisdiction.
Introduction of direct democracy and institutions of self-management
under worker’s and social control at all levels. Measures against
political and economic corruption.
Foundation of democratic, political and trade union rights.
Enhancement of women and youth rights in the family, in work and in
public administration.
Speed up the asylum process. Abolition of the Dublin II regulation
and granting of travel papers to immigrants. Social inclusion of
immigrants and equal rights protection.
Democratic reform of public administration with the active
participation of civil servants.
Demilitarization and democratization of the Police and the
Coastguard. Disbandment of special forces.
7. Powerful Welfare State
The anti-insurance laws the close-down of social services and the
steep fall of social expenditures rendered Greece a country where
social injustice reigns.
We are in need of:
An immediate programme of rescue of the pensions system that will
include tripartite financing and gradual return of the pension funds
portfolios into one public, universal system of social insurance.
A rise in unemployment benefits until the substitution rate reaches
the 80% of the wage. No unemployed person is to be left without
unemployment benefit. Introduction of a guaranteed minimum income.
A unified system of comprehensive social protection covering the
vulnerable social strata.
8 Health is a Public Good and a social right
Health is to be provided for free and will be financed through a
Public Health System. Immediate measures include:
Support and upgrade of hospitals. Upgrade of health infrastructures
of the Social Insurance Institute (IKA). Development of an integrated
system of first level medical care.
Stop lay-offs , cover the needs of medical treatment in both
personnel and equipment.
Free and costless access to medical treatment for all the residents
in the country.
Free pharmaceutical treatment and medical examinations for the
low-pensioners, the unemployed, the students and those suffering of
chronic diseases.
9. Protection of Public education, research, culture and sports
from the Memorandum’s policies.
In what regards education we are calling for:
Consolidation of universal, public and free education. Coverage of
its urgent needs in infrastructure and personnel at all three levels.
Compulsory 14 year unified education.
Revoke of Diamantopoulou Law. Consolidation of self-government of the
Universities. Preservation of the academic and public character of
the universities.
10. Independent foreign policy committed to the promotion of
Peace.
The
adaptaion of our foreign policy to the exigencies of the U.S and the
powerful states of the EU endangers the country’s independence,
peace and security.
We are in
need of
A
multidimensional and peace-prone foreign policy
Disengagement
from the NATO and shutdown of the foreign military bases.
Termination
of the military cooperation with Israel.
Aiding the
attempts of Cypriot people to reunite the island.
Furthermore
on the basis of international law and on the principle of peaceful
conflict resolution we will pursue a solution to the Greek-Turkish
relations, a solution to the problem of FYROM’S official name and
an identification of Greece’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
The
incumbent economic and social system has failed and we must overthrow
it !
The economic
crisis rocking global capitalism has shattered the illusions. All the
more people witness that capitalist speculation is an inhuman
organizational principle for the modern society. It is also
unanimously shared that that private banks function only for the
benefit of the bankers harming the rest of the people. Industrialists
and bankers absorb billions from Health, Education and Pensions.
The exit
from the crisis entails bold measures that will obstruct those who
create it from continuing their destructive work. We are endorsing a
new model of production and distribution of wealth, one that would
include society in its totality. In this respect the large capitalist
property is to be made public and managed democratically along social
and ecologic criteria. Our strategic aim is socialism with democracy,
a system in which all will be entitled to participate in the
decision-making process.
We are
changing the future we are making them past
We can win
them, by forging unity and creating a new coalition for power with
the Left as a cornerstone. Our weapons in this struggle are the
alliance of the People, the inspiration, the creative effort and the
struggles of the working people. With these we will shape the life
and the future of a self-governed people.
Now the
vote is to the People! Now People have the power!
In this
election the Greek people can and must vote against the regime of
Memoranda and Troika, turning, thus, a new page of hope and optimism
for the future.
For
Greece and for Europe, the solution is with the Left
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