Government is not making tough negotiation but communication policy, Venizelos says
PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos in an interview with Skai TV late on Tuesday criticized the government on its handling, its strategy and choices and lashed out at the prime minister and the president of the parliament.
Based on the fact that SYRIZA’s proposal for an investigating committee on the memorandums concerns the period from 2009 onwards, Venizelos said that it is obvious that Tsipras has made an immunity agreement with part of the right wing, saying that this includes the Independent Greeks (ANEL) and (former prime minister) Costas Karamanlis and added that he believed there is an attempt to protect Karamanlis and his government.
He wondered why SYRIZA decided to table the specific proposal a day after the premier asked for the opposition’s support and described the fact that it does not concern the period before 2009 as a “political provocation.” He noted however that PASOK would support the proposal and added that he is in favour of a decent and retrospective discussion on the crisis and not just on the memorandum.
Regarding the Parliament’s President Zoi Konstantopoulou, he said the way she acts constitutes an additional institutional burden and does not contribute to the operation of the House. He underlined that her role is to facilitate concessions, ease tensions and protect the opposition, wishing that she understands the great opportunity that has been given to her.
On the Parliament’s meeting on Tuesday, he said that Tsipras did not brief deputies on anything. He also noted that PASOK voted for the welfare bill and 100 installments one, but it would not vote for the Legislative Act under which cases of smuggling and tax evasion are spared any tax penalties.
He accused Tsipras of not taking the negotiation of the previous government any step forward but “he destroyed the whole framework, he triggered suspiciousness…the country has been downgraded…we stay on the current memorandum and we trying to get the tranche” and concluded by saying that the prospect is a new memorandum which would be named “development agreement.”
Last but not least, he said that the government is not making tough negotiation but a communication policy and it constantly resorts to improvisations.
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