At a time when the economy is literally being strangled and the State cash reserves have hit rock bottom, the people are being bombarded on a daily basis with conflicting information and estimations from government officers, which rather than dispel, further exasperate the confusion and uncertainty.
One moment the negotiation is going forward, the next it reaches an impasse, always over the demands of someone else. One minister claims that all that is needed is a political negotiation, since we have set our indelible red lines, while another states that there are technical problems that need to be resolved.
After battling for weeks for bridge agreement, now we are meant to rushing for a package deal. The days go bay, the distance between the government and institutions grows, despite the partial convergence, the money is running out and the threat of dramatic developments is increasingly getting stronger.
The trips of Dragasakis, Tsakalotos and Varoufakis to meet with Draghi, Sapin and Moscovici appears to be another desperate attempt to prevent the decision – expected by many – of the European Central Bank to restrict liquidity in the banking system, with unpredictable consequences.
With almost no room left for political maneuvers and time running against us, the government and Prime Minister cannot carry on with this hopeless negotiating tactic, which is bringing forward dramatic developments for the country.
Even now, in the eleventh hour, they ought to set aside their compulsions and intra-party intrigues and proceed to an agreement, with our partners, the only ones who can solve the Gordian knot of liquidity. Anything else will be catastrophic for the country, the economy and of course the Greek people.
TO VIMA
