SYRIZA representatives meet with central banker Stournaras
The conditions in the banking system, the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HSFS) and the statements by government officials, mainly Adonis Georgiadis, on deposits fleeing the country in case SYRIZA forms a government, were the main issues raised by SYRIZA representatives during a meeting with Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras.
SYRIZA sources noted that all party departments hold and will intensify their contacts with institutional bodies so that the society realizes that "each institutional body will be monitored" as SYRIZA is an "awaiting government."
One of the main issues of the meeting between Stournaras and SYRIZA representatives – the vice president of the Parliament Yiannis Dragasakis and deputies Giorgos Stathakis and Efklidis Tsakalotos - was the possibility of the country making use of the remaining HFSF funds. The SYRIZA delegation presented the party's position which is in favor of the HFSF being under state control. Dragasakis also referred to the party's proposal for the country to make use of the 10 billion euros that were not used in the recapitalization process for fiscal reasons, saying that that government had kept those funds "stagnant" in the HFSF coffers.
Moreover, SYRIZA representatives asked that the Bank of Greece intervene in relation of statements by government officials.
The same sources said plans for the meeting had already been known, as the presiding board of the party's parliamentary group had hold deliberations on the issue.
