Reuters
February 10, 2012
Greek far-right leader George Karatzaferis refused on Friday to support his own government by backing a tough EU/IMF international bailout, and a state news agency said his party's ministers had offered to resign from the coalition.
Karatzaferis launched a furious attack on Germany for trying to dominate the troubled nations of southern Europe, and accused Chancellor Angela Merkel of playing poker with Greece's future.
The semi-official Athens News Agency said ministers from Karatzaferis's LAOS party, the smallest in the three-party coalition, had submitted their resignations and it was up to Prime Minister Lucas Papademos to decide whether to accept them.
With elections due as soon as April, Karatzaferis said his party could not vote in parliament for a rescue which demands a heavy price in wage, pension and job cuts - breaking ranks with Papademos and leaders of the much larger socialist and conservative parties in the three-month-old government.
"I explained to the other political leaders that I cannot vote for this loan agreement," he told a news conference.
"We were robbed of our dignity, we were humiliated. I can't take this. I won't allow it," said Karatzaferis, a one-time body builder, modeling agency owner and radio broadcaster.
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