The leader of the Movement of Democrats Socialists Giorgos Papandreou has proposed a new referendum, where the Greek people would decide on how the new government will negotiate the debt.
Mr. Papandreou stressed that the referendum would give the government a clear mandate regarding the negotiations, while ensuring that no new measures or policies would be implemented. The result of this referendum would bind the government and as such could be sued to bargain with Greece’s creditors and partners.
The former PM made the proposal during his cross-channel interview in his campaign and referred to the events of November 2011, when he had also spoken about a referendum and was eventually overthrown. Mr. Papandreou claims that being overthrown was “a defeat for democracy” and that the prevailing domestic interests at the time opposed reforms and change.
PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos has expressed disappointment to Mr. Papandreou’s regular references to being “overthrown”.
