Parliament President slams government for criticising her stance during exploratory process

Gazzetta team 21 Αυγούστου 2015 - 22:20

Parliament President Zoi Konstantopoulou described as “pathetic and provocative” the criticism leveled against her by the government spokeswoman on Friday, saying the government is in no position to make these statements.

"It’s pathetic and provocative for the recently-resigned government which passed four emergency austerity draft bills to talk of ‘ridiculing the institutions, contempt for democracy and the Constitution’,” the head of the Greek parliament said in a statement issued earlier by her office.

New Democracy accused Konstantopoulou of “cooperating” with main opposition leader Vangelis Meimarakis “in his attack against the Greek President, the prime minister and democratic order” by meeting with him and requesting for the procedure to be respected.

“If an answer is deserved, then it is that it’s one thing to ‘cooperate’ and another to have an institutional understanding between the 3rd-in-line political figure and the 4th-in-line political figure,” the statement continued, adding that the government cooperated with three pro-memorandum parties and attempted a “parliamentary coup” week ago by sidelining the president of the parliament.