Independent Greeks MP Vasilis Kokkalis has requested that Sunday’s crucial referendum be withdrawn, otherwise he will vote ‘yes’, he told ANT1 on Thursday morning.
Mr. Kokkalis argued that he approved the referendum because he received assurances from government spokesman Gabriel Sakellaridis that capital controls would not come into effect. As such he appealed to the President of the Republic to call a council meeting of political leader and cancel Sunday’s critical referendum.
Similarly, Independent Greeks MP Kostas Damavolitis sated that on the Athina 9.84 radio station that he will vote ‘yes’ on Sunday, claiming that that choice is between an agreement with painful measures or a rupture with Europe.
Mr. Damavolitis estimated that the people will vote in favor of an agreement and expressed his doubts as to the negotiations that the government will be able to enter, should a ‘no’ vote prevail.
A third Independent Greeks MP, Mr. Dimitris Kammenos, also announced that he would vote ‘yes’ on Sunday and called for the withdrawal of the referendum, which he explained is polarizing the Greek people.
Mr. Kammenos, who made his announcement via his Twitter account, added that Greece’s position in Europe and the Eurozone are non-negotiable and called the Greek people to vote ‘yes’ in the referendum.
Meanwhile Independent Greeks MP Nikos Mavraganis stated that while he will vote ‘no’ on Sunday, he argued that the referendum is “illegitimate”. Mr. Mavraganis added that «castles fall when they are based on Trojan horses«.
