[lbo-talk] Syriza CC rejects deal?

Marv Gandall marvgand2 at gmail.com
Thu Jul 16 04:48:59 PDT 2015


On Jul 15, 2015, at 8:56 PM, Michael Brennan <michael.brennan.us at gmail.com> wrote:


> In the end, most of them voted for it:
>
> "The measures, which include spending cuts and tax increases, were
> approved early Thursday by 229 lawmakers in the country’s 300-seat
> Parliament, many of them opposition lawmakers. Among a total of 149
> lawmakers in Mr. Tsipras’s left-wing Syriza party, 32 voted against
> the deal, six abstained and one was absent from the vote."
>
> http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2015/07/greek-parliament-passes-bailout-legislation.html
>
> On 07/15/2015 01:37 PM, Michael Brennan wrote:
>> There is this:
>> https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/07/syriza-debt-tsipras-left-platform-kouvelakis/
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 5:19 AM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com <mailto:marvgand2 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> There is a report on the Guardian’s live blog that 107 of 201
>> Syriza central committee members have condemned the deal signed by
>> the Tsipras government. Any confirmation of this elsewhere?
>> __________________________________

The Syriza MP’s voted for the measures, as expected, but the central committee rejected them earlier in the day by a narrow majority. It was unexpected and encouraging that nearly 40 Syriza MP’s defied the Tsipras leadership and also voted against. This is further indication that there’s deep dissatisfaction with the course Tsipras et al have pursued.



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