New Democracy MP Dora Bakogiannis said that she fears that by the coming three-day Pentecost weekend Greece may be forced to go to capital controls if no deal is reached by then. Speaking on national television on Monday the ND lawmaker said that the Greek government must come to an agreement with international creditors as soon as possible otherwise it may be forced to implement capital controls in banks. The former foreign minister called on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to leave rhetoric aside and concentrate on sealing a deal with lenders by this weekend since Monday is a bank holiday. “If we do not have an agreement by Friday, I fear that over the three-day weekend, there will be capital controls, as happened in Cyprus,” Bakogiannis said. The ND lawmaker also said that Tsipras must bring the proposed deal to parliament so that “the rest of us can vote.” She suggested that all opposition parties should back the agreement so that the country avoids bankruptcy. She added that Greece should go to elections after the deal is passed through parliament. The government replied to Bakogiannis statement through spokesperson Gavriil Sakellaridis. Speaking at Monday’s press briefing, Sakellaridis said that such scenarios are “unfounded and malicious”.
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