Alexis Tsipras puts his mandate at stake, when Athens has just received the first funds of its third bailout plan …
(Boursier .com) – As Greece has received the first tranche of its third aid package, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has decided to resign in order to hold new parliamentary elections that could take place on 20 September. Alexis Tsipras, challenged by a wing Syriza party of his after agreeing to new austerity measures with international creditors, hopes to strengthen its political legitimacy …
“My mandate has its limits”
“I’ll be honest with you: we did not get the agreement we wanted before the January elections (…) the mandate that I received on January 25 has reached its limits and the Greek people now have a say, “he has said Thursday night during a televised address. For the record, despite the reluctance of its European partners, Alexis Tsipras had held a referendum on whether the Greeks would accept a third international financial aid plan.
Faced with its repayment obligations and despite victory “no”, the Prime Minister bent, angering his party … result in the parliamentary vote on the bailout plan, which took place last week, 43 MPs, one third of Syriza members voted against or abstained, confirming the fracture within the party.
Specifically, when new elections are held within twelve months after the previous vote, the Greek Constitution provides that the President of the Republic convenes at first the leaders of other parties to see if they are able to form a government. If not – which probably going to happen – then the elections are held …
Political Chain reactions …
Alexis Tsipras will therefore relies on urns … A “democratic” decision, greeted in France by Jean-Luc Mélenchon particular. “Tsipras is right. The people control (…) its decision is clean and respectful of democracy. But the project is not good. The European diktat is unacceptable,” he wrote on his Twitter account. “Tribute to Greek democracy where one man can not change the mandate for which he was elected,” he said this morning on ‘France Inter’ Eric Coquerel, policy coordinator of the leftist party.
Conversely, MEP Republicans, Nadine Morano criticizes “the lies” Syriza leader. “This is what lead between extreme unrealistic promises and betrayal of the people. To think before you vote!”, She wrote in a note posted on Facebook … In Brussels, we hope that the Greek vote will not call into question the commitments: “I remember that the new reform package broad support of the Greek Parliament and I hope that the elections will enable to get even wider support of Parliament,” wrote the president of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, in an email to Reuters …
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