The multi-bill submitted by the Finance Ministry and caused turmoil among the parties passed yesteryear afternoon. Following the amendments and the intense discussions between the members of the Parliament, the bill was voted for by the MPs of the goverment scheme.

The main opposition party SYRIZA voted for 5 out of 13 articles, while its members voted against 4 articles and voted “present” for 4 articles. However there were some reactions after the voting process, since the union of the Security Forces announced protests responding to the voting of Article 221.

Most reactions caused by regional MPs of the government scheme the earlier days concerned the press and had warned that they would vote against the provision abolishing the mandatory publication of public notices and regional and local authorities. Until the last moment the MPs of the government did not step back and finally through an amendment the publication of public notices remained compulsory.

Almost one hour before the voting process of the multi-bill Finance Minister stated that companies with gross revenue up to 10000 euros will not pay taxes.

Regarding the multi-bill, the police union expressed its dissatisfaction and stated that they will inform the members of the unions about the MPs who voted for the Article 221 relating to their fund. Also, they announced that they will hold protests for the next period to respond to that decision.

Through an amendment of the Ministry of Administrative Reform it was clarified that the evaluation for civil servants would not be connected with further reductions in wages or layoffs. It was also clarified that the current evaluation system was temporary and that those who would get the lower score would attend training courses.