Samaras: Government must immediately implement Supreme Court ruling on over-indebted households
Translated from Greek, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- Former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras called a Supreme Court decision on over-indebted households a "historic vindication."
- He urged the government to ensure the immediate, uniform, and universal application of the ruling.
- Samaras warned that any delay or attempt to limit the decision's impact would undermine legal certainty and lead to further litigation.
Former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has hailed a recent Supreme Court decision concerning over-indebted households as a "historic vindication" for thousands of citizens burdened by incorrect debt calculations.
The Government has a strict obligation to ensure the immediate, uniform, and universal application of the decision.
In a Facebook post, Samaras emphasized that the government has a "strict obligation" to guarantee the immediate, unified, and comprehensive implementation of the ruling. He stated that in a state of law, judicial decisions must be applied and not renegotiated.
In a state of law, judicial decisions are applied, they are not renegotiated.
The Supreme Court's decision addresses the legal interest calculation for debt arrangements under a specific law. Samaras stressed that funds, servicers, and banks must promptly recalculate debts, correct balances, and return any improperly collected amounts. He asserted that there is "no room for delays."
There is no room for delays.
Samaras cautioned that any tolerance, delay, or attempt to restrict the ruling's consequences would directly undermine legal certainty. Such actions, he warned, would push thousands of citizens into a new cycle of legal disputes over matters already definitively decided by the judiciary. "The Justice has decided. No one is legitimized to turn an irrevocable judicial judgment into a field for negotiation or delay," he concluded.
The Justice has decided. No one is legitimized to turn an irrevocable judicial judgment into a field for negotiation or delay.
Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.