New Democracy’s parliamentary spokesman Adonis Georgiadis on Wednesday described SYRIZA’s referendum proposal over the “small PPC” as a “firework.”

Mr. Georgiadis told ANA-MPA that “SYRIZA with the referendum firework has partly managed to avoid the real discussion over PPC. On one side, it says we must be part of the EU and the Eurozone, therefore it accepts the relevant laws on the energy deregulation and the entering of the private sector in the market and on the other, it says electricity is a public good and should belong to the state.”

“I think we have given too much thought to a tactic move and we have given it the chance to move away from the what really matters: that SYRIZA has a major political and ideological issue over PPC,” he added.

Mr. Georgiadis considers the argument that “the Parliament’s President is in conflict with Maximos Mansion” has nothing to do with reality.

“The Parliament’s President, due to his institutional role, is in a position to comment on what is happening in the Parliament but this does not mean that when he says something he is conflicting with the premier’s view,” he added.

According to Adonis Georgiadis, the deputies’ signatures gathered under five referendum proposals cannot be added up. “The communist KKE party calls for a referendum over the abolishment of all laws related to the energy deregulation, while SYRIZA calls for – I am not so sure what they say, they probably say – a referendum over the “small PPC” bill. These are two different proposals. We could presumably add them up, hold a debate and proceed with a referendum. Which of the two questions would be posed? Can you answer that?”