In a televised message on Friday, “To Potami” leader Stavros Theodorakis called for a unity government after Sunday’s referendum in order to avoid elections.
“Our proposal for Sunday night: A government of national unity with the participation of SYRIZA. I want to believe that the Greek Prime Minister [Alexis Tsipras] will behave responsibly and will not make the next fatal mistake of resorting to elections in August,” Theodorakis said.
Speaking to people who are considering voting “No” on Sunday, Theodorakis said Europeans would interpret it as one more step by Greece to disengage from Europe. He said that many mistakes have been made by all sides in the past five years but anger does not help someone make the right decisions. “There are no magical solutions. The easier a solution seems, the faker it is,” Theodorakis warned, adding that he shares people’s fear for what the next day will bring.
“A ‘Yes’ is the big break from the old habits followed by the new government … The banks must open on Tuesday to allow the market to operate again,” he noted. “Please, don’t cut the last rope connecting us with Europe,” he said, reminding people that Tsipras is left without any allies in Europe, as socialists and south European leaders are asking Greeks to vote ‘Yes.’ Theodorakis also urged all Greeks not to divide.
Commenting on Tsipras’ address earlier in the day, the Greek Communist Party (KKE) said the Prime Minister is mocking the people. “Mr. Tsipras and the government Ministers, in line with the IMF, have proclaimed as an ultimate goal to settle the debt, which would even justify unpopular measures,” the party said in a statement.
“At the same time, he [Tsipras] asks for a new 30-billion-euro loan that will be accompanied by a new Memorandum.” They are basically asking the people, the party noted, to accept those measures in the name of a new debt management, which, whenever it took place in the past, brought destruction of workers’ rights.
PASOK leader Fofi Gennimata accused the government of not having the courage to take on their responsibilities for a deal with Greece’s creditors and submitting it to parliament. Gennimata said that Alternate Minister for International Economic Relations Euclid Tsakalotos admitted in a morning talk show that the government chose to hold a referendum to avoid a collapse.
She said that Tsipras then continued the deception by claiming he will bring a deal in 48 hours and will guarantee the reopening of banks, bank deposits and pensions. “He is proven to be an untrustworthy Prime Minister.”
“No more lies. Saying ‘Yes’ to Greece, ‘Yes’ to Europe and ‘Yes’ to the euro is a vote of hope, democracy, pride and dignity for every Greek and mainly for the new generation,” she concluded.
(source: ana-mpa)
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