Chryssochoidis: I voted... with a gun to my head!

Once again, Development minister, Michalis Chryssochoidis tried to change the atmosphere and alter his present image after his foul in admitting he had not read the memorandum before signing it.

He is making great efforts to clear his name and the song and dance he himself caused, making him the star of the week - even greater than George Papandreou’s vacation in Costa Rica. On today’s morning show on Mega Channel he admitted that he was forced to sign it having at the same time “a gun to his head”, something he said happened with all PASOK MPs.  

The minister stressed that all PASOK members, even during the vote on the extra measures, had been blackmailed.
 
In an effort to “calm the spirits” he said that he more or less knew the basic axes of the memorandum but did not know the exact content of all 2,200 pages of it.

Cryssochoidis insisted he will not stand down from the presidential election race and stated that, “we have all built a certain career through the years and whoever doubts mine should speak up”, throwing down the gauntlet at his competitors and foes.