Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Government on health minister’s statements

Government spokesman Yiorgos Petalotis on Monday offered full backing to Health Minister Andreas Loverdos shortly after the latter's press conference. 
Petalotis said "Loverdos is doing an important work", underlining the positive work he did during his term in the ministry of labour when he managed to give a solution to the social security issue. 
As regards the proposal made by the health minister suggesting that the Medium-Term Programme be passed in parliament with a strong majority vote and that the decisions reached with the troika should be approved by the cabinet, Petalotis stated that it is "a productive practice when the government ministers table their proposals and viewpoints in a dialogue, however, the decisions are made by the cabinet where a common policy-line is shaped."







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