ND’s coordinated no to the mid-term

ND will express a coordinated no to the mid-term on Wednesday, while on Thursday they will vote against the implementation law as well.

In his speech during the discussion of the plan, Samaras repeated he will not consent to a mistake and explained why he thinks both the memorandum and the mid-term are a dead end. He maintained that the only solution is the economic restart from the creative shock, as described in his proposals.

As expected, the party leadership raised the issue of discipline, saying that it will have a coordinated approach to the voting of the mid-term. This means that any MP who will differentiate themselves from the party directive will be crossed off the party. So far, suspicions focus on Elsa Papadimitriou, who said she would vote according to her conscience and that national interest must come before party interest.  

According to information, she might pledge her alliance to her political friend, Dora Bakogiaani. It has also been said that Samaras’ letter to the president of parliament has already been written, without a name of course. An additional differentiation will come as a surprise, since all those who have occasionally opposed the consensus have stated they will follow the party directive.

ND will also vote against the implementation law as a whole on Thursday, but in favor of those regulations that are the same as its own proposals.

But an ND MP, fiercely against the memorandum, expressed his query “as to how the party can agree with the procedures of public assets divestment included in the implementation law”.