[lbo-talk] Greek parliament passes austerity measures but in Syriza "the rift is clear"

Marv Gandall marvgand2 at gmail.com
Thu Jul 23 05:58:52 PDT 2015


It seems apparent that Syriza is imploding under the pressure of the crisis. Better, in retrospect, that the party had not accepted to form a government in January and had remained in opposition. This would have given it the opportunity and the necessary time to further strengthen popular resistance to austerity while preparing for an exit from the eurozone being forced on it by its unyielding creditors.

Have accepted to take office, the Tspiras government should have resigned rather than impose a vicious new round of austerity on Greece in concert with the troika and the opposition parties and in defiance of the party program and the large majority of Greeks who voted No in the referendum earlier this month.

What a mess. Yanis Varoufakis reflects the party's confusion during its six months in government as he erratically vacillates between the Tsipras leadership and the dissidents. A split at the top of the party is looming, and it is unclear which side will command the loyalty of the rank and file: the anti-austerity forces based in the central committee or the leadership which controls the party's parliamentary wing. The Tsipras faction which heads the government is bound to call new elections soon in which it will likely move to formalize its current de facto alliance with the opposition.

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/07/23/greek-parliament-approves-bill-but-in-syriza-the-rift-is-clear/



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