Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras ruled out any prospect of co-governance with ruling Pasok or collaboration with the other parties of the so-called centre-right sphere, in an interview to appear in the Sunday edition ofKathimerini newspaper.
"They are not asking us for responsibility, they are asking for complicity. We will not give it to them," Samaras said.
He said that it was a matter of time before ND found itself again ahead of the ruling party and secured a clear mandate from a broad social majority, and also said he understands that "the people who are disappointed with Pasok are hesitant before taking the next step in ND's direction".
Samaras stressed that the Memorandum is an example to be avoided, and accused Pasok of being the country's problem.
"Pasok is a captive of its own lies and the impasses in which it has entrapped the economy," the main opposition leader said, and ruled out any room for collaboration.
As for former ND minister and leader of the newly-formed Democratic Alliance party Dora Bakoyannis and Popular Orthodox Rally (Laos) leader George Karatzaferis, Samaras reminded that they had cooperated fully with the Pasok government's policy of implementing its impasses, and were thus jointly responsible, and stressed that the door to a pre-electoral or post-electoral collaboration "is closed".
On the exploitation of the state's real property, Samaras accused the government of, with its policy, proceeding to a sell-off, and not exploitation, of the state assets. He added that he would not enter into any dialogue on the economy because "they are not asking us for responsibility, they are asking for complicity, and we will not give it to them".
source: ANA
