Varufakis: The Greek government has a different perception of the reforms – ABC Color

ATHENS. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varufakis said his government has a different from creditors on perception reforms and said his goal is to leave behind the practices of the previous government.

“We remind you that our government has a different perception of what the reforms mean that our reforms have nothing to do with the practices that contributed for decades to the underdevelopment of the country” , Varufakis said in a statement.

The article was published on the occasion of the readmission of a group of cleansing the Ministry of Finance is now returning to their jobs after being fired over a year ago the government of conservative Andonis Samaras.

“The Ministry of Finance was for five years the center of planning for Greek society destructive policies. While saying goodbye to these ladies who cleaned the ministry with very low wages, hired consultants with salaries millionaires, “said Varufakis.

The group of 595 women became a symbol of resistance to austerity policies, when, after losing their jobs, they camped at the gates of the Ministry of Finance to demand their reinstatement.

The workers were part of the state civil service workforce and were responsible for cleaning the ministry and delegations of Finance across the country.

His struggle ended in part last week when parliament passed a law on administrative reform, which provides for the reinstatement of all workers in the public sector whose dismissals were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Administrative Court A total of 3,928 employees.

However, not all will be readmitted, but only those with permanent contracts.

For the rest, the Finance Minister has committed to find a solution.

“These ladies that the state held for years as hostages labor before sacrifice to achieve the objectives of ‘fit’, I want to express my solidarity and say that I am committed to finding a solution in cooperation with the Ministries of Interior and Administrative Reform, “he said.

Greece attends the Eurogroup today with the hope that the European partners give a boost to the negotiations through a positive statement approach unlock the agreement and allow the financing of the country.

Although several ministers and the head of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem, have ruled as a solution to the situation in the country is taken, Athens interpreted as an acknowledgment of the developments could set the stage for the early realization of a deal.