The resignation of the President of the Council of State, Mr. N. Sakellariou, appears to be accompanied by definitive pension cuts.
The tax-free reduction from 1/1/2020 will burden all retired and working people with an income of more than € 5,860.
Our law firm, with ongoing appeals to the Council of State, has attempted to limit the cumulative reductions that essentially destroy the Social State of justice.
The president of the Council of State himself, with his unprecedented resignation, defended the social and economic rights of retired people and spoke the language of truth and reality both about the internal issues of running the CoE (about dismantling the confidentiality of the conferences), as well as the great issues of respect for the separation of the powers of our own State and the decline of the rule of law. The statements of N. Sakellariou send many messages to many recipients about the institutional function of our Republic and the continuing decline of the Social State of Law.
For the first memorandum, the cuts were considered constitutional. For the 2nd memorandum, the Plenum of the CoE with decisions no. 2288/2015 and 2287/2015 considered that the cuts in primary and supplementary pensions (Laws 4051/2012 and 4093/2012), as well as the total abolition of the extra salary bonuses (13th & 14th wage bonus) and allowances, contravened the provisions of the Constitution.
On the contrary, as if nothing has been going on, executive and legislative power proceeded with new legislative arrangements (3rd and 4th Memoranda), with new cumulative reductions in workers 'and pensioners' incomes.
Retired people, of course, have not given up. They have resorted to seeking justice en masse in order to implement the plenary decisions of 2015 and the Courts of First Instance have already vindicated them.
Political power, however, does not seem to be bothered by similar statements and resignations.
