P. Kammenos: I will not give a vote of confidence

ND’s reaction still unknown

 

Panos Kamenos remembered the word "donkeys " that was used by infrastructure vice minister Asterios Rontoulis on the ministers and MPs of PASOK. He returned the cue to Rontoulis saying that "in my village they say that when donkeys mate with horses they give mules as offspring that cannot reproduce."

Speaking in parliament, Kamenos clarified that he will stand by his threats and noted: "I disagree with the government and will not give a vote of confidence despite the fact that my party supports it."

The ND MP explained that "it is unprecedented to discuss programmatic statements on a government that has not yet been voted but is made by the same ministers of the one that resigned earlier. I regret that the PM is not here. They must have told him to avoid me because they know that I disagree. According to the Papademos’ speech the new government is not for a short term but for 5 years."

Moreover, Kammenos attacked fiercely the environment minister George Papaconstantinou, who was on the ministerial benches, accusing him of "falsifying statistics of the Greek economy" and raised questions about whether the former PM was preparing "a much earlier entry to the IMF, whether "a family member" was involved in speculative games against the country" and claimed publication of the French newspaper "Le Monde" to throw accusations to Lucas Papademos too, saying he was "a leading member of Goldman Sachs".