[Peace-discuss] SYRIZA hardliners rebel over bailout extension

[David Johnson]

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SYRIZA hardliners rebel over bailout extension

A motion critical of the loan extension that was tabled during a meeting of
SYRIZA's central committee failed to pass, but shows the number of
dissenters is growing.

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Members of the hardline 'Left Platform' within SYRIZA made plain their
opposition to the loan extension deal struck with Greece's lenders by
tabling an amendment critical of the agreement during a meeting of the
party's central committee.

The amendment is critical both of the extension agreement and the list of
reforms to which Greece committed to implementing that was assembled during
the Eurogroup meetings.

According to the SYRIZA officials opposed to the measures, the two texts
represent an 'undesirable compromise for out country and are far away, in a
different direction or even opposed to SYRIZA's policy statements.'

The opposition by the Left Platform to the agreement is no great surprise.
The leader of SYRIZA's Left Platform and Energy Minister Panagiotis
Lafazanis has been critical of the deal and has made public statements at
odds with those made by other ministers, most notably with regards to
privatizations. While the government has committed to continuing
privatizations that have been completed or are underway, Lafazanis has vowed
to halt all privatizations in the energy sector.

What will be particularly concerning for Alexis Tsipras is that other SYRIZA
members not of the Left Platform also supported the motion condemning the
loan extension agreement. Specifically the amendment was defeated with 68
votes in favour, 92 against and 5 blank votes.

The amendment writes that the government, "despite the Eurogroup agreements
must proceed on the basis of policies that will have the main priority the
stable implementation of pre-election pledges and government policy
statements."

That however will be difficult without external funding given the dire state
of the government's finances and projections for revenue shortfalls.

However with the dissenting voices in his party also on the rise, sticking
with the agreement tentatively struck with Greece's European partners to
secure additional funding may alos prove equally difficult for the prime
minister. 

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