Ja: 230 (vor einer Woche: 229)
Nein: 63 (64)
Enthaltungen: 5 (6)
Abwesend: 2 (1).
Von den Nein-Stimmen stammen diesmal anscheinend 31 aus der SYRIZA-Fraktion („31 ‚OXI‘ […] SYRIZA“) (ggü. 32 vor einer Woche):
Die griechischen Abgeordneten müssen die Reform-Beschlüsse von Brüssel durch das Parlament peitschen – sonst gibt es kein Geld von den Gläubigern. [….]. Das Parlament hat am Mittwoch mit der Debatte über weitere Gesetze begonnen, deren Verabschiedung Voraussetzung für die Aufnahme der Verhandlung über ein drittes Kreditprogramm ist. Am Mittwoch debattierten auch die Abgeordneten über Eilvorlagen der Regierung zur Reform des Justiz- und Bankwesens.
Die volle Anwendung der EU-Bankendirektive soll um sechs Monate vorgezogen werden. […].
In der Novellierung des Zivil- und Prozessrechts soll vor allem die Zwangsverpfändung von Immobilien durch Banken erleichtert und beschleunigt werden. Die Regierung will die Erstimmobilien von Schuldnern von der Pfändung ausnehmen; zudem soll das Gesetz nicht umgehend in Kraft treten, sondern erst zum 1. Januar 2016.
Die Pfändung soll den Banken zusätzliches Kapital zuführen. Ein neuer Stresstest der griechischen Banken auf Grundlage der Daten vom 30. Juni, der den Rekapitalisierungsbedarf ermitteln soll, wird vorbereitet. Die Banken bezweifeln, dass sie durch den Zwangsverkauf von Immobilien die faulen Kredite, die 36 Prozent des Kreditbestandes ausmachen, decken könnten.
GREECE UNDER THE MEMORANDUM: A BRUTAL SUPPRESSION OF DEMOCRACY
Just to give an idea of what parliamentary procedures in Greece after the capitulation of the government to the Troïka, let’s talk about todays‘ parliamentary debate and how it was prepared. So, yesterday , at four in the afternoon, Syriza MPs, as well as the rest I suppose, received an email with an attachment. The opened it and saw that it was a nearly one thousand pages long file (!) which contains a single bill with just two articles: the new Civil Procedure Code (about 800 pages long) and the EU directive for Greece’s accession to the European banking system. The first opens the way for the acceleration of the repossession of primary residence by banks, but also other articles in favor of banks in cases of legally disputed loan. The second allows a Cyprus style bail in of the banks, that is a haircut of deposits in case of bank failures. Both are included in the infamous agreement signed by Tsipars on July 13. and the Greek government had committed itself to vote these measures within days after the agreement.
What this means is that Greek MPS have about 24 hours to get an overview of this bill, which includes hundred of other aspects, which practically means that they will have to vote on it by this evening without being able to read even superficially its content.From this three conclusions can be drawn rather effortlessly:
- the Memoranda abolish not only the substance but also the formal procedure of (bourgeois-parliamentary) democracy.
-If only as a protest against this complete suppression of representative institutions and of any notion of popular sovereignty, the only possible option is „no.“
- We should not laught at the Pasok or New Democracy MPs who, during the two previous governments, confessed like the Pasok former minister Michael Chryssochoidis, that they did not read the memorandum they voted in 2010. Over 220 MPs are preparing to do the same today, and the majority of them (here lies the unique originality) represent a party which calls itself a party of the „radical left“.However, this ridiculing of democracy has sparked reactions far beyond the ranks of the Syriza’s Left Platform. Greek Parliament President Zoe Konstantopoulou spoke out against the changes in the Code of Civil Procedure that the Greek Parliament will vote on later in the evening.“The vote is a [parliamentary] diversion because it is introduced as an intervention by the institutions under the threat of bankruptcy and is set as a prior action. Basic citizen rights for standing a fair trial are being violated,” she said during a speech in the Greek Parliament on Wednesday.
Konstantopoulou confirmed that she cannot vote for these prior actions in parliament. She voted against the first set of prior actions last week as well.
The Greek Parliament President also highlighted the opposition of the Justice Minister and other government MPs to the legislation.Aside from her parliament speech, Konstantopoulou also penned a letter addressed to the President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, asking them to inform their European counterparts of her letter. In the letter, Konstantopoulou argued that the fact that the legislation was demanded by the institutions as a prior action to initiate bailout negotiations is a clear sign of disregard toward parliamentary procedures, popular rule and democracy in Greece. She also noted that these changes were suggested to the previous Greek administration and in a nationwide lawyers’ vote, 93% of Greek lawyers had voted against adopting them.“This violent attack against democracy cannot happen in the context of the European Union. And it definitely cannot happen silently,” the letter concluded.
Meanwhile, in the discussion in Parliament, the MPs of Syriza’s Left Platform made it clear that they will vote no, despite threatening statements issued by senior figures of the government according to which continuous „no“ votes are not compatible with a „common path“. In a statement issued yesterday Alexis Tsipras strongly attacks all those who inside Syriza reject the line, defends the „There was no alternative“ argument and talks vaguely of restarting party procedeures from September onwards (!). This amounts to a refusal to convene the central committee of the party as asked by a joined statement signed by a majority of its members, who also reject the agreement.
Zu beachten ist der Unterschied zwischen der Darstellung der FAZ:
- „Die Regierung will die Erstimmobilien von Schuldnern von der Pfändung ausnehmen“
und der Darstellung von Kouvelakis:
- acceleration of the repossession of primary residence by banks = Beschleunigung der Pfändung von Erstwohnsitzen durch Banken
Zu der Bankenrichtlinie weist das ND auf Folgendes hin:
- Mit dem neuen Bankengesetz sollen Spareinlagen bis 100.000 Euro gesichert werden.
http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/978715.athen-erneut-glaeubiger-auflagen-im-parlament.html (Update 21.20 Uhr: Abstimmung in Athen wohl erst gegen 2 Uhr)
(was allerdings nicht tatsächlich meint „[werden] gesichert“, sondern werden von dem von Kouvelakis erwähnten künftig möglichen „haircut“ – erst einmal – ausgenommen).
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Siehe außerdem noch zum Stand der Dinge
Amid growing fears about a split within SYRIZA, the party’s political secretariat is expected to convene on Thursday to assess the outlook following the vote and to call a meeting of the central committee, possibly on the weekend.
The divisions were clear in Parliament on Wednesday. Panayiotis Lafazanis, the head of the radical Left Platform, responded to criticism by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to aides, which was leaked to the media on Tuesday.
“We are turning our backs on our common struggles when we basically say that memorandums, austerity and submission to blackmail are the only choice while we lambast every alternative proposal,leaving Greece at the mercy of the creditors,” he said.
Lafazanis added that now is not the time for threats and tensions, suggesting again that the country should leave the euro. “Greece has no future as a blackmailed austerity colony of the eurozone, but as a proud country which, without guardianship and despite the difficulties, fights against poverty, austerity and unemployment and for the deep reduction of debt.”
An article on Left Platform’s website iskra.gr, responded more directly to Tsipras’s leaked criticism of alternative plans which have been attributed to Lafazanis among others, condemning the premier for not ensuring that Greece had a fallback option.
“When did the prime minister actually realize that there was no alternative solution? If he knew it from the beginning, why didn’t he sign a much more lenient agreement in February?” the author of the article asks. “Why was he talking until just the other day about cancelling the memorandums? Why did he take the decision to hold a referendum?”
The government spokesperson, Olga Gerovasili, indicated too, in comments to Alpha radio station, that the division of SYRIZA is “probably” unavoidable “if there continue to be two different strategies, two different points of view.” She did not rule out the possible need for early elections.
Meanwhile, New Democracy’s interim leader is expected to ask members of the party’s political committee at a meeting on Friday to either authorize him to remain at the helm for the months to come or to allow him to launch a leadership contest.
Kathimerini understands that Meimarakis, installed as caretaker leader earlier this month, would propose a ballot to be held on August 30.
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Und diejenigen, die gerade Geld übrig haben, mögen vielleicht dort:
klicken.
Die zusätzliche Ja-Stimme stammt von Varoufakis:
Quelle:
http://www.neues-deutschland.de/m/artikel/978845.erneut-ueber-30-syriza-abgeordnete-gegen-tsipras.html
http://www.ekathimerini.com/199849/article/ekathimerini/news/tsipras-keeps-lid-on-party-rebellion-to-pass-bailout-vote" rel="external">
http://www.ekathimerini.com/199849/article/ekathimerini/news/tsipras-keeps-lid-on-party-rebellion-to-pass-bailout-vote
DETAILS ZUM ABSTIMMUNGSVERHALTEN – und: ND STELLTE MISSTRAUENSANTRAG GEGEN PARLAMENTSPRÄSIDENTIN
Stathis Kouvelakis:
Varoufakis begründet sein „Ja“ von heute Nacht:
Varoufakis: “Why I Voted ‘YES’ Tonight”
http://www.thepressproject.gr/details_en.php?aid=79469" rel="external">http://www.thepressproject.gr/details_en.php?aid=79469
PS.:
@ Bankenrichtlinie / „gesichert“ (s. oben im Artikel) sagt Varoufakis in dem Text (Hv. v. TaP):
Zur ZPO-Reform in einem auch ansonsten informativen Artikel:
und:
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/eurokrise/griechenland/griechenland-krise-alexis-tsipras-justizreform-genehmigt-13717135-p2.html