SYRIZA - Gov't Is Cornered By Troika

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The only purpose of the government's talks with the troika is to create the impression among the people that there is actually a negotiation going on, main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) said on Tuesday. A party statement underlined that, while the economy and society are suffocating because of the austerity programmes being implemented, both the government and the troika are determined to carry on with their common and pre-decided plan for layoffs in the public sector, privatisations and the demolition of labour rights.

     "All the rest is happening just to fool the people," SYRIZA added, noting that "aside from their minor differences, that do not touch the core of the implemented policy, the three government partners have their hands tied behind their backs as a result of the memorandum commitments they have undertaken. They have no alternative proposal, no solution that will help the country overcome the impasse into which it was led by the memorandum policy."

SYRIZA underlined that only a government determined to have as a priority the needs of the society and not the capital holders' or the lenders' needs, can put an end to the downhill course the country has entered because of the memorandum. AMNA