PM offers uniformed personnel bonus as surveillance bill attracts more criticism

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: Institutions, Mitsotakis, New Democracy, Parliament, SYRIZA, Tsipras
Image: www.primeminister.gr
Image: www.primeminister.gr

Opposition parties have accused Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of blatant electioneering after he announced on Tuesday that all those serving in the police and coast guard would receive a 600-euro bonus at the end of the year.

The fact that the announcement came just a few hours after a policeman shot and seriously injured a 16-year-old in Thessaloniki was deemed as a thinly disguised attempt to show the government’s support for the force and win over right-wing voters.

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