Δελτίο τύπου υπόψη της Γενικής Διευθύντριας του Διεθνούς Νομισματικού Ταμείου κυρίας Christine Lagarde απέστειλε ο Σύλλογος Ζημιωθέντων από την Ασπίς Πρόνοια, ο οποίος στη συνοδευτική επιστολή του δελτίου αναφέρει πως "θα συνεχίσει να αγωνίζεται και να κινείται προς όλες τις κατευθύνσεις μέχρι να δοθεί μια οριστική λύση στο πρόβλημα ενός εκατομμυρίου ασφαλισμένων". Ακολούθως παρατίθεται το δελτίο τύπου:
Athens, 06/12/2011
Association “Affected Persons by Aspis Pronoia”
Press Release
PROTON BANK RESCUE FROM GREEK AUTHORITIES AND THE SCANDAL OF INSURANCE COMPANY ASPIS PRONOIA
The rescue of depositors of PROTON BANK showed strong reflexes of the Greek government, which made an obvious move to protect the savings of people who have never participated in the creation of huge losses in this banking institution. At the same time acted wisely protecting one of the pillars of the modern financial system, taking care not to break the feeling of confidence towards the banking system.
In addition to this move Greek authorities affirmed the essential role of successful surveillance by assuming the responsibilities before any catastrophic results for the system itself.
The Association “Affected Persons by Aspis Pronoia”, however, wonders why the government did not act with the same reflexes to a much simpler issue that could have been solved within a few days.
Two years after the revocation of license of the insurance companies Aspis Pronoia and Commercial Value people do not have access to their money and to their valuable insurance benefits.
Are they second-class citizens? Didn’t they pay their insurance obligations properly and consistently? Do bank customers enjoy more privileges?
Insurance companies are supervised by the same mechanism that supervises banks and they are one of the pillars of the financial system. Aren’t they as much important for the economy as banks?
Five thousand people insured with Aspis are preparing for litigation against the Greek state in order to claim their compensations (over 500 million euro), and we wonder why the Greek authorities are unwilling to find a proper solution like they did with Proton Bank.
