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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-07-26
CONTENTS
[01] Parliament debates whether to hold inquiry into causes of 3rd
memorandum
[01] Parliament debates whether to hold inquiry into causes of 3rd
memorandum
A debate began in the Greek Parliament on Tuesday on a proposal for an
Parliamentary committee to investigate the causes that forced Greece
to sign a third memorandum agreement with its creditors, based on a
motion submitted by main opposition New Democracy.
Support for ND's proposal was voiced by the rapporteurs of the Democratic
Alliance and Potami parties, while representatives of the Communist
Party of Greece (KKE) and far-right Golden Dawn said they would abstain
by voting 'present'. The Independent Greeks, the junior party in the
ruling coalition, and the Centrists' Union were against the proposal.
Independent MP Haris Theoharis was in favour of a parliamentary inquiry,
adopting ND's arguments that the extended negotiations had saddled the
country with an additional 86 billion euros in debt.
The debate is expected to peak in the evening, when the party leaders
will address the plenum.
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