The President of SYRIZA accuses of “lies and impudence”. Alexis Tsipras Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis about his announcement today about getting out of heightened surveillance.

In particular, in a Twitter post, the President of SYRIZA PS states: “On 08/20/18 we took the country out of the memorandums and received a 4-year horizon for exiting from supervision. Then the current prime minister said that we signed the 4th, and he asked for a credit line.”

“Today, 08/20/22, we celebrate what we have achieved. Lies and arrogance then and now. But his time is running out,” the President of SYRIZA concluded.

On August 20, 2018, we removed the country from the memorandums and received a 4-year horizon for getting out of supervision.
Then the current PO said that we signed the 4th and asked for a credit line.
Today, 08/20/22, we celebrate our achievements.
Lies and arrogance then and now.
But his time is running out.

— Alexis Tsipras (@atsipras) August 20, 2022

Mitsotakis: the twelve-year cycle that brought pain comes to an end

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called August 20, 2022 a historic day for Greece and the Greeks, noting that the country is exiting the enhanced European surveillance regime in the most official way. “Thus, a twelve-year cycle ends, which brought pain to citizens, stagnation in the economy and a split in society. In order for a new, clear horizon of development, unity and prosperity to appear for all,” he said in his message.

“Today’s developments mark the end of the Memorandums and everything that was imposed in their name: back-breaking taxes and cuts in wages and pensions. Bank checks and pledge of state property. The degradation of national defense, public education and health. But also the marginalization of Greece’s position in Europe and in the world. All this, fortunately, belongs to the past,” he stressed and added that “the wounds that have opened in the core of our society over these 12 years also belong to the past: fanaticism, fires, violence, but also tragic deaths, such as those of Marfin. Blind survey of institutions. Squares above and below, where lies grew next to the poison of the Golden Dawn. Then followed four years of demagogy that cost $100 billion and brought the country to the brink. It took hard fighting with populism to keep the country on the European path.”

He emphasized that only those who do not forget find the strength to move forward. “That is why we must learn from recent experience. From years of inter-party responsibility that led to Memorandums with losses beyond our strength. Policies that exacerbated their consequences. But also from manipulations that prevented the speedy exit from the supervision of our international partners, ”he added.

Mr. Mitsotakis stressed that “Greece today is a different Greece. This indicates high growth and a significant fall in unemployment,” while he reiterated that “the restructuring of the country was neither clear nor easy. Moreover, this was achieved against the backdrop of successive tests. He also noted that “exemption from heightened oversight means greater national freedom in our economic choice. But not a return to the mistakes that led to the painful memorial adventure.”