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Tsipras: "Government has Admitted to New Memorandum"

T-_tsipras_alexis1_608387912Greece’s main opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras told newspaper Realnews on Saturday that Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras has admitted to the existence of a new memorandum.
“This admission tears to shreds the claims made by [Prime Minister Antonis Samaras] that we are finished with the memorandums and that there won’t be a new one,” Tsipras added, citing the response given by Stournaras to the main opposition’s request to see the final agreement with the EU-IMF troika tabled in Parliament.
He also accused Stournaras, who replied that documents are posted on the finance ministry website after being updated, of showing contempt toward Parliament.
According to Tsipras, the government has been caught out and “the new memorandum is Samaras’ secret pre-election programme,” adding that this would include further easing of restrictions on lay-offs and ‘renting’ of employees even in the public sector, as well as abolition of entitlements and new pension cuts.
Replying, government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou dismissed the main opposition leader’s claims, noting that “Greece ‘s success has been painful to many”.
“We are moving ahead. Let others continue to dream of new memorandums and repeat their mistakes,” he said.

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