Samaras demanded the resignation of the government and the holding of electionsIn every way, George Papandreou is trying to stay in power, although his credibility is now clearly in question. Antonis Samaras called for elections in six weeks Γιώ Stuck in the chair of power, George Papandreou is trying to remain, while his party and Greece are constantly shaking, trying to overcome the loud slaps received by European leaders in Cannes.
Arriving in Athens from the French resort, at 5.00 am on Thursday, Mr. Papandreou and his close associates are trying to find a way for the government but much more for him personally to avoid the current reef of the vote in Parliament for to give a vote of confidence, on the one hand, and to achieve his stay in the presidency of PASOK, on the other.
From the morning, both in the Maximos Palace and in the Parliament, the wells and the meetings followed each other with contradictory information to make difficult and to provoke even more the already tense climate.
Early in the afternoon, however, at the Council of Ministers, the Greek Prime Minister clarified that he has no intention of resigning, while his admission that with the referendum he tried to trap the official opposition leader Antonis Samaras to agree to a government caused a sensation. commonly accepted.
The chronicle of yesterday
Shortly after noon, the crucial, as everyone predicted, session of the Council of Ministers began, which, as it turned out, was neither crucial nor decisive for Mr. Papandreou's future.
The impressive thing was that not a single minister challenged him.
Thus, it was announced with drumbeats that the Prime Minister will not resign.
After the end of the Ministerial, Mr. Papandreou called Antonis Samaras and it is estimated that it was a first investigative phone call to see the intentions of the leader of the official opposition.
Mr. Samaras was clear: a transitional government, which will complete the outstanding issues with the 6th installment and the loan agreement and elections until Christmas.
As if nothing happened
With these contradictory images, we reached the afternoon when Mr. Papandreou appeared before his deputies.
The arguments chosen by the Prime Minister to justify his decision to withdraw the referendum caused grief and unfavorable comments.
Mr Papandreou said the country had won out of the unreliability it had caused in the EU and the IMF and market turmoil.
As if he were not the one who heard foreign leaders describe to him that his decision could lead the country out of the EU, he said that Greece showed its strength and gained its unity from this test.
These arguments, as they were next, provoked anger, indignation and very unfavorable comments.
The fact that the Prime Minister did not recognize the disastrous consequences that the referendum would have made most people talk about a prime minister out of reality.
The explosion and the cessation
This caused the explosion of Anna Diamantopoulou, who stood up and blamed him for saying nothing about the government of national responsibility.
But greater was the outburst of anger of Vassos Papandreou, who said in a loud voice: "I am sorry for the party and the country, I was waiting for the resignation of both you and the government."
The answers to the deputies were finally given by Evangelos Venizelos, who officially announced that Greece will not go to a referendum.
Apart from that, Mr. Venizelos announced that the vote on the contract by the Parliament will be done with an increased majority of 180 deputies.
And while everyone in the parliamentary group was waiting to be given the floor, the session of the parliamentary group was adjourned for another day.
Samaras demands Papandreou's resignation
At the same time, the debate in the Greek Parliament continues to provide a vote of confidence in the government with a vote that will take place late tonight.
"I demanded the resignation of Mr. Papandreou so that the country can go to the polls under normal conditions," said the president of ND Antonis Samaras, speaking in the Plenary Session of the Parliament.
"I told Mr. Papandreou to resign in order to facilitate the developments, but he is not resigning," said the president of ND and attacked the Prime Minister.
Antonis Samaras also announced the withdrawal of ND from the debate in Parliament on the motion of confidence in the government, insisting on his request for the resignation of the Prime Minister and the announcement of elections. However, New Democracy will take part in Friday's vote.
After Mr. Samaras' speech, the New Democracy parliamentary group left Parliament.
"Strong reaction of the little ones"
The strong reaction of the KKE and SYRIZA was provoked by the proposal of the president of ND, Antonis Samaras, for a transitional government.
The KKE in a statement emphasizes that "the masks have completely fallen" and adds that "what the KKE said that the ND is supposedly opposition to the PASOK and EU memorandum was confirmed".
SYRIZA in its announcement emphasizes that with his statements Mr. Samaras clearly reveals that "he wants to be the guarantor of the memorandum policy".
"Any government that emerges from this House will be completely delegitimized by the people and against their interests. "The only solution is to resort to the popular verdict", SYRIZA concludes in its announcement.
A letter to the President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias was sent by the president of LAOS George Karatzaferis, asking him to take initiatives to form a government of national unity.
If this is not possible, says Mr. Karatzaferis, then the only solution left is elections.
"This tragedy must end and in this end you must help decisively as a guarantor of the course of the place." Source: SigmaLive.com.