ND accuses PM of trying to 'mislead' voters

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) on Friday accused Prime Minister George Papandreou of "continuing to mislead the Greek people" in response to the premier's statements concerning a possible future increase in pensions. 

 ND's press office said the government had been stripped of credibility by the finance ministry's refusal to publish the list of those owing large sums of money to the state, backtracking on a
promise made by Finance Minister Yiorgos Papakonstantinou in Parliament. 

 Pointing out that Deputy Finance Minister Dimitris Kouselas had announced that the list would not be made public in Parliament on Thursday, ND's economy sector head Ioannis Vroutsis (photo) said that the deputy minister had either defied his superior or Papakonstantinou had been lying all along. 

 "The only thing that is certain is that the Pasok government is misleading the Greek people," he added. 

source: ANA