Greek PM: Syriza has a hidden agenda (VIDEO)

As the election campaign kicks off, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras accused SYRIZA on Friday of preparing to make unilateral moves that are aimed at sparking a Greek default if it ever comes to power. The comments come after the main opposition party attempted to distance itself from suggestions by one of its own MPs that it just might stop repaying the country’s debt.

     “We will win and that will be the end of populism in Greece,” he told party officials at a gathering at New Democracy’s headquarters on Sygrou Avenue in central Athens.
     “Our weapon is the truth, our banner is responsibility. They [SYRIZA] have a secret agenda.”

The Greek prime minister reiterated the comments that were made by SYRIZA MP Giannis Tolios where he argued that if his party comes to power then it could stop paying Greece’s debt.

     “SYRIZA will take unilateral action that will cause a default,” said Samaras.
     “At their conference, they said they would not pay interest or principal – that is the definition of a default.”

Tolios repeated the comments in a radio interview on Friday but SYRIZA spokesman Panos Skourletis insisted that a leftist government would not make any moves that would lead to a so-called credit event.

sources: enikos.gr, ekathimerini.com, alpha tv