Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Monday night that “the issues over the last five years of austerity plans are immense” and that “the people have a right to have answers.”
Mr. Tsipras was speaking at a parliamentary session on the audit committee of the Greek debt, launched by the President of the Assembly, Zoe Konstantopoulou, March 17.
The constitution of such a commission was Alexis Tsipras campaign promise. It aims to determine the origin of the Greek debt and austerity plans implemented from 2010 in return for financial assistance from the EU, ECB and IMF.
“The goal is to determine the possible odious, illegal or illegitimate public debts incurred by the Greek government,” said Zoe had Konstantopoulou at the launch of the commission, made up of scientists and lawyers which should make its initial findings in June.
“The Greek people need to understand how the country has agreed measures that have increased the debt rose from 124% of GDP at the beginning of the crisis 175% today, which led to increased unemployment, wage cuts and the exodus of young graduates, “said Alexis Tsipras in the gallery of the Assembly.
“The board shall review the disastrous consequences of PSI (debt swap conducted by the private sector in March 2012, ed) on insurance funds and how it helped to ease the burden on banks German, “he added.
Mr. Tsipras was heckled by the socialist PASOK MPs and conservative New Democracy (the former ruling coalition, ed) who announced not wanting to vote for the constitution of the commission.
The debt audit commission will consider the period from May 2010, when the first memorandum between Greece and its creditors, to January 2015, the date of the coming to power of Syriza.
This choice of dates is contested by the Socialist parliamentary group points out that the Greek debt has increased significantly during the term of the New Democracy between 2004 and 2009.
New Democracy also made a proposal for against-the question of the origin of the debt to be studied over a period from 1981 to today. “One way to sidestep the” ruled Alexis Tsipras.
“Soon we will show that Greece is an independent and respectable country,” assured the Prime Minister while negotiations with the country’s creditors are continuing and that a new assessment of the Greek proposals should be made during a conference call Wednesday of the Eurogroup Working Group.
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