Athens now expects to receive €8.8 billion by mid-May. It is expected that the disbursement of €2.8 billion of this money will be approved by the Euro Working Group on April 29.
The legislation included other reforms, such as the number of instalments debtors to the state will have to pay the tax and social security contributions they owed. Of 292 MPs that took part in the vote, 168 deputies voted in favor of the omnibus bill, 123 against and one voted “present”. The measures in the bill had been agreed with the troika earlier this month. Greece had to adopt them to qualify for further bailout funding.
Athens now expects to receive €8.8 billion by mid-May. It is expected that the disbursement of €2.8 billion of this money will be approved by the Euro Working Group on April 29.
Administrative Reform Minister Antonis Manitakis explained to MPs how the government would choose the 15,000 civil servants it has to lay off. Manitakis said that the civil servants would come from five areas. The first to go would be those who are found guilty of offenses. Manitakis said some 1,500 civil servants are due to face disciplinary panels.
Manitakis said that the terms under which each civil servant has been hired would be checked and any hirings found to be serving under false pretences would be dismissed.
Sunday’s debate was heated at times, particularly at the end, when Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras introduced a last-minute amendment that allows the minimum wage to be passed in some circumstances.
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