Opposition parties attacked the Radical Left Coalition during the first meeting of the Economic Affairs Committee that convened on Wednesday to discuss the legislative act regarding the transfer of cash reserves of 1,500 state entities to the Bank of Greece. The decree for the transfer was made late on Monday and is aimed at filling the country’s coffers for pension funds.

Ahead of Parliament’s commitee meeting, the Ministry of Social Insurance and Public Debt Management gave an ultimatum to Reserve Fund managers on Wednesday to transfer funds by Friday.

The committee meeting focused more on the way in which the legislative act was being passed through than on the essence of the legislative act itself. The committee is to convene again on Thursday before Friday’s voting by Parliament’s plenary.