ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 14, 2015.- The Greek parliament today approved with a large majority, the law on the third bailout agreed with the creditor institutions during a marathon session that dissent within the ruling Syriza were evident again.
The approval of the rescue went ahead with 222 votes in favor, 64 against, 11 abstentions and three absences in a chamber with 300 deputies.
The number of parliamentarians from Syriza who denied their support to the rescue increased respect the final vote on the measures required by the rescue and up to 43 of them turned their backs to the agreement.
The low Executive and the “psychological threshold” of 120 deputies voted for it had set as Sustainable figure to continue to maintain stability in Parliament.
This will trigger, according to local press, the call for a confidence vote to be held after the first disbursement of the rescue, scheduled for the 20th day, when Greece must return three thousand 400 million euros to the European Central Bank.
On 23 July were 36 leftist parliamentarians who voted against or abstained.
The vote, which started very late due to differences over the parliamentary process was marked by dissent within Syriza which led to a heated debate in which several government members harsh attacks with the Speaker of the House, Zoe Konstandopulu exchanged.
She was one of the outstanding personalities, which together with the former Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis, voted against the agreement.
Finally the parliamentary session came a few hours before it is held the informal meeting of Ministers of Economy and Finance of the euro, scheduled for 13:00, to decide whether to grant rescue the country.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras defended the agreement third bailout of the country as a “forced choice” of the government, that after “exhausting all avenues of negotiation” had to choose between an aid program with the euro or the drachma as its currency.
” Faced with an ultimatum for the temporary exit of Greece from the eurozone, we take responsibility towards the Greek people to stay alive and continue the fight instead of choosing suicide (leaving the euro), “Tsipras said in his speech that preceded the start of the vote.
With information from Reuters.
RMT
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