The prime minister’s credibility has experienced a “political slap-in-the-face”, main opposition New Democracy (ND) party
underlined on Wednesday, in response to previously unused excerpts of statements by IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, which were broadcast the previous evening during a heavily watched satirical TV programme. ND spokesman Yiannis Mihelakis stressed that “it is revealed that Strauss-Kahn and the premier (George Papandreou) had cooperated for months and in secrecy, while they had a systematic communication because, according to Strauss-Kahn, the prime minister wanted to hide from the people the moves he made to lead the country to the IMF.”
The specific statements by Strauss-Kahn had been included in a Canal+ TV network documentary, although they were ultimately edited out of the final cut.
Mihelakis called on the government to give a clear response to the questions that arise, "because the Greek people should learn what is hidden behind the decision to seek IMF assistance. “When Papandreou was saying that ‘there is enough money and seeking IMF assistance was not an option’, they secretly planned exactly the opposite befooling the Greek people,” he stressed.
(ANA-MPA)
