The political parties of the opposition have all issued statements in relation to the recent cabinet reshuffle, with the parties being skeptical and critical of the new appointments.
SYRIZA commented that “nobody believes that today’s reshuffle will influence […] the implemented policy and bailout commitments of Mr. Samaras’ government. The government not only did not receive the election message, but it is trying to overtake it with a reshuffle that confirms the strict implementation of commitments towards creditors, while being indifferent to the plight of the Greek people”. According to SYRIZA’s press release, “what the country needs is not pointless reshuffles, but a government that will stop being the overseer of the creditors’ interests”.
DIMAR noted that “governments are not judged by the people, but the content of the implemented policies. If the new government remains bound by the political obsessions and ideological inflexibility that characterized the previous one, then it is certain they neither society, nor the economy will catch a breath”. The DIMAR announcement added that the renegotiation of the Greek program “which lead country to a complete dead end and injured social cohesion irreparably” is now necessary more than ever.
The River claimed that the new government is designed “for election campaign television appearances and not for solutions”. Mr. Theodorakis’ party argued that “the recycling of known and failed – in many cases – officers proves the old political system’s deadlock. The country must move forward in order to be saved, but Samaras and Venizelos are turning out to be mere balancers, bound by their past and ultimately worshipers of stillness”.
