| Story Views | |
| Now: | |
| Last Hour: | |
| Last 24 Hours: | |
| Total: | |
Parliament Down Votes Syriza Proposal for Committee on Loan Agreement
Greek coalition government parties down voted a proposal by SYRIZA, Greece’s main left-wing opposition party, to establish a committee charged with investigating the country’s signing of the bailout deals with the EU and the IMF. During a voting on Thursday, the Syriza proposal received 167 NO and 119 YES.
Among the 14 absent were Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and former PM George Papandroeu, the man who took the debt-ridden country to IMF mechanism in May 2010.
ODD
Leader of Syriza, Alexis Tsipras apparently taken by habit that wants the main opposition party traditionally to vote against proposals in the Parliament raised his hand and ..voted NO.
Video:
[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]
Active Parliament Speaker: do you want me to note NO, Mr Chairman?
Samaras coalition parties voted against the proposal apparently because such a committee would criminalize politicians. “When time comes Greek people will learn the truth but through the proper way and not with the criminalization of political behaviour” (Minister D. Stamatis)
PS when times comes… as time goes by… zzz…Who is Stamatis? No idea.
2012-11-29 19:40:07
Source:
