Political leaders say "No" to Papandreou

A “No” from political leaders has been received by Papandreou on his proposal for a national unity government, with LAOS president Mr. Giorgos Karatzaferis stepping into the mindset of a conversation.

Specifically, Mr. Karatzaferis set the participation of the New Democracy party as a condition, stating “otherwise the project will be truncated”. He added that the government should be highly political, while the country cannot have a puppet-like Prime Minister.

The General Secretary of the Communist party, Aleka Papariga, was definite as to her accusations that the government is once more blackmailing the Greek people, telling Mr. Papandreou that “you urgently want the loan agreement to be ratified and to force a new crackdown of harsh measures”.

The head of SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, noted that any new government would not have popular consensus and called for immediate elections with the system of proportional representation. He added: “the dominant European powers are trembling like a fish, fearing the voice of the Gerek people”.

Finally, in a statement to protothema.gr, the head of the Democratic Left, Mr. Fotis Kouvelis, made it clear that he will give a negative answer to the PM’s invitation.

Mr. Kouvelis pointed out that he will visit Maximou Mansion and inform the PM of his objections to the policy.

Mr. Kouvelis has refused to work on a governance level with PASOK in the past, even though the cooperation of both parties brought them their first victory after many years in municipal elections in Athens and Thessaloniki.

For Ippokratous street, Mr. Kouvelis is an ideal collaborator since he has an important influence on leftist audiences, without being a populist.