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Opposition Greece Leader Antonis Samaras: “We won’t let Anyone Turn Greece Into Zambia”
Ex-Greek Prime Minister and current leader of the opposition New Democracy party Antonis Samaras lashed out at prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
Calling for a pro-European alliance to form amongst like-minded Greeks and public demonstrations, he said “We won’t let anyone turn Greece into Zambia.”
Samaras accused Tsipras of dishonesty with the Greek people. “You are not telling the Greek people what a “no” means. No means bankruptcy and euro exit,” he said in parliament, in reference to the referendum that Tsipras announced over the weekend.
Samaras added that a “no” vote means bankruptcy, euro-exit, suicide— something he accused Tsipras on not mentioning when he claimed he represented the “drachma lobby.”
“You failed dramatically and loudly Mr. Tsipras,” Samaras said, adding that “I state it clearly, us Greeks want to remain firmly in the heart of Europe … The referendum drags the country out of Europe,”
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Lucy
June 29, 2015 at 10:12 am
Spot on
Vampiro @ ONYX POWER
June 29, 2015 at 10:15 am
Useless clown.
Pwanya Nini
June 29, 2015 at 12:57 pm
And the American civil right leader Jesse Jackson has warned whites in United States not to behave like Tongas in Zambia who are the nastiest tribalists in Zambia & the world @ large.He further equated Tongas to the white racist group called Ku Klux Klan (KKK) to that of Kachemas in Southern part of Zambia. Yikes!
mazulo
June 29, 2015 at 2:44 pm
Where is it written imbwa iwe
Puungwa
June 29, 2015 at 7:06 pm
Foolish tribalist!
mwansa
June 29, 2015 at 8:19 pm
Uli cilishilu iwe
Nc'wala
June 29, 2015 at 8:37 pm
Very childish,dim and dull contribution.
Grant
June 29, 2015 at 3:24 pm
I have no doubt he meant ZIMBABWE! Slip of the tongue
Marie-Anne
June 29, 2015 at 7:51 pm
With Hon. Chikwanda’s reckless borrowing we’ll end up like Greece. Today banks have closed & Greeks can only withdraw a Maximum 60 Euros.
Denkete
June 29, 2015 at 8:00 pm
uyu cikala alepalanya Greece kuli Zambia. In Greece, there is a limit to withdraws $70 per day, which is equivalent to K470. He doesnt know wat he is talking about. Greece is in deep financial crisis. salaries are not being paid in full.
Mykonos
June 29, 2015 at 10:20 am
Has the îdîot even been to Zambia?
jumbe
June 29, 2015 at 11:23 am
HE DOESN’T NEED TO COME TO ZAMBIA TO SEE AND KNOW THESE THINGS.YOU MAY HATE WHAT HE HAS SAID BUT THAT IS THE PICTURE OUT THERE PAL.
Thessaloniki
June 29, 2015 at 1:59 pm
Im sure he meant to say Zimbabwe not Zambia!!
Chiwanangala
June 29, 2015 at 2:27 pm
I totally agree with you, he actually meant Zimbabwe, not our Zambia
Thessaloniki
June 29, 2015 at 6:54 pm
Meanwhile, news is reporting that many petrol stations are now closed.
uk businessinsider
MCCM
June 29, 2015 at 8:09 pm
Then they have a wrong picture over Zambia.Theres no crisis in Zambia.We are living confortably maybe Tongas are the ones suffering coz us we are not seing what they are saying.
Neutral
June 29, 2015 at 4:01 pm
He could be Uncle to Samaras Brothers running Olympic Milling. He could even be the owner. He may therefore be well informed about Zambia’s scenerio.
To understand why he said so just google “Greece goes Zambia”. I quote:
‘Here are some of the initial analyst reactions:
“According to the IMF, the only other country which has ever used this obscure technical provision to bundle principal payments at month-end was Zambia in the 1980s. Back in January, we had warned that the policies of Syriza, if fully implemented, could turn poor Greece into a populist paradise like Venezuela, just without the oil. Did we look at the wrong continent?” — Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg’
mj banda
June 29, 2015 at 10:21 am
concentrateon your your country and remain in opposition for good
Kalispera
June 29, 2015 at 2:28 pm
Ai, Greek Banks are shut for a week, they are queueing up to withdraw money from an ATM’s which have also run out…
The Greeks in Zambia should are grateful that they live in our GREAT NATION.
JSM
June 29, 2015 at 10:50 am
the fellow must be taken to task to explain what he means. If Greece is bankrupt, Zambia is not.
jumbe
June 29, 2015 at 11:20 am
If you want to cheat yourselves that Zambia is not bankrupt, other nations are already noticing that. That is a sad revelation. Meanwhile our leaders still want to go on borrowing. SHAME ON ZAMBIA
MCCM
June 29, 2015 at 8:16 pm
Can someone come in your home and notice that u are a bad person in bed when u and your partner enjoys what u do?Why do u believe what every cowdung says?No matter what u are going to say about Zambia IFINTU NI LUNGU AND PF.Sela tubombeko kacema wa mafi iwe
Investment Guru
June 29, 2015 at 11:05 am
I hope, Samaras is being misquoted. Firstly I have been following events in Greece keenly and I have not heard of such. However, this does not mean he has not said those words. If he has, he is then drawing wrong parallels because Zambia has never been never where they are. Today they have closed all commercial banks for a week and I wonder such can happen in Zambia. Please post the speech involving Zambia if we are to believe you Ba Tumfweko
Judge Joe Bidden
June 29, 2015 at 11:55 am
Just google the same headline, are you saying even reputable UK newspaper The Guardian misquoted him? Its just a fact, we better face it.
Mukulumpe
June 29, 2015 at 2:03 pm
Then its also a fact what Civil Rights Activit Jessy Jacson has said about the tri.balism of Zambia Tongas in Sounthern Province.. Shame on tribal Tongas
TheBarostian
June 29, 2015 at 11:20 am
How does Zambia come in?Sort out your own problems
Shaka Zulu
June 29, 2015 at 11:44 am
I just love this article.
Remember
June 29, 2015 at 2:30 pm
Greeks r a p e our African girls.
eddy
June 29, 2015 at 11:45 am
What this Greek id1ot said has no connection to Zambia.so why did he mention Zambia here?things are ok and only the oppositions are complaining because they also want to be in power!!so this f00l must just for on his poor country!!
Judge Joe Bidden
June 29, 2015 at 11:52 am
I had had to google first to make sure I heard properly, yes this headline “Greece Leader Antonis Samaras: “We won’t let Anyone Turn Greece Into Zambia” is everywhere on international media.
My question, what can PF Govt tell us to this Greece assertion? When we say economically we are one of the worst case in developing countries as of now you cadres echo with insults. Govt is failing us now we are a laughing stalk and a reference point for economic failure.
MCCM
June 29, 2015 at 8:30 pm
Its about what happened in 1980 and not today.I hope I have answered your querry
jada
June 29, 2015 at 12:03 pm
In 2014 Zambia’s debt was 22% of the GDP, for Greece the figure was 174%.
Greece has been living off the cash of their German sugar daddy for a long time and will soon see how they mange without that support. In the 2014 figures it was a debt of over $47,000 for every Greek person and only $264 for every Zambian alive.
So Antonis Samara’s should just bog off.
vampiro@ONYX POWER
June 29, 2015 at 12:29 pm
That’s the fact I equally googled and if you compare Greece gdp to Zambia you wont even find what this greek clown is trying to say. There population mainly is adult 54 upwards while us is 0-14yrs in the majority and you can conclude the rest
Judge Joe Bidden
June 29, 2015 at 12:04 pm
One thing you need to understnd is that Greece’s issue with the EU its all about borrowing, debt and unpaid debts. It owes lenders, EU mostly about 320 Billion Euros and if it does pay EU at least 1.2 Billion of that today Monday then things will fall apart. So whats the comparison with Zambia? Zambia has OVER-BORROWED too at an epic scale… Will continue I have a plane to catch for Botswana visiting their Diamond Mine in 4 hours, later will add more to this when there. Ciao.
Zemuntu changed to Jacombian Transform
June 29, 2015 at 12:05 pm
You guys should be reading.
‘Greece goes Zambia’, ‘desperate scramble’ — what analysts say on IMF payment delay
By Sara Sjolin
Published: June 5, 2015 6:14 a.m. ET
Greek PM Alexis Tsipras and EC President Jean-Claude Juncker ahead of a crunch meeting in Brussels this week.
The Greek debt crisis has been cranked up a notch, after Athens on Thursday performed a 180-degree turn and decided to delay a scheduled debt payment.
Greece was due to repay 303.3 million euro ($341.85 million) to the International Monetary Fund on Friday, but after days of drawn-out negotiations, the country asked to bundle its four June payments into one, due at the end of the month.
The move comes after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras earlier in the week rejected the international creditors’ reform proposals, arguing they were too harsh.
Some see the choice to bundle as a gesture of defiance and a step closer to the eurozone exit, while others interpret the decision as a sign an agreement is near.
Here are some of the initial analyst reactions:
“According to the IMF, the only other country which has ever used this obscure technical provision to bundle principal payments at month-end was Zambia in the 1980s. Back in January, we had warned that the policies of Syriza, if fully implemented, could turn poor Greece into a populist paradise like Venezuela, just without the oil. Did we look at the wrong continent?” — Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg
“This move by Greece means the debt debate has ratcheted up another gear; the decision not to pay is either a sign of a country that isn’t willing to be exploited by its lenders, or, an example of a government desperately scrambling to delay the inevitable. Most likely, it’s a bit of both.” — Connor Campbell, financial analyst at Spreadex
“The longer it takes to come to an agreeable consensus for all parties, the greater the chance of the Greek referendum to decide its continuing status in the eurozone. This looks increasingly like the best route to take because, should the Greek voters choose to remain in the eurozone, this would offer Syriza the mandate to break its election promises and become more flexible in negotiations.” — Alastair McCaig, market analyst at IG
“The government’s request for postponement has at least bought it a few extra weeks. As such, the Greek demand for delayed repayment was not surprising (even though IMF chief Lagarde seemed neither aware of it nor was expecting it earlier in the day). In essence, the postponement represents a cost-free option allowing Greece to continue negotiating with creditors in the hope of shifting the final outcome in its favor.” — analysts at Daiwa Capital Markets
“The move is seen by some as an expression of confidence on the part of the Greeks that a deal will be reached in June to unlock much needed bailout funds, with such a move previously rejected on the grounds that it would indicate Greece had no money left.” — Mike van Dulken and Augustin Eden, analysts at Accendo Market
vampiro@ONYX POWER
June 29, 2015 at 12:35 pm
This was supposed to be the article and that article above should be one of nezs useless comments as usual
MCCM
June 29, 2015 at 8:41 pm
I have been giving advice to JJB on this issue,its like he is like the sturbbon HH
Judge Joe Bidden
June 29, 2015 at 10:06 pm
Compare me to ME not HH. I need a rest in this VIP suite for the Botswana diamond mine, it’s good to be treated like royalty. Tomorrow we do our thing Wednesday back.
Kwati like so
June 29, 2015 at 12:57 pm
I like men who can talk like him. Hez right !
Pwanya Nini
June 29, 2015 at 1:04 pm
And the American civil right leader Jesse Jackson has warned whites in United States not to behave like Tongas in Zambia who are the nastiest tribalists in Zambia & the world @ large.He further equated Tongas to the white racist group called Ku Klux Klan (KKK) to that of Kachemas in Southern part of Zambia. Yikes!!!!
jumbe
June 29, 2015 at 1:57 pm
Kindly give us the source so that we join you in ridicule.
New Educated Zambia©
June 29, 2015 at 1:28 pm
Kikiki let us watch the pf idiots now go on a rant. This man has said the truth. I have not laughed this hard in ages Kikiki. Zambia has gone to the dogs bane. I cry for my country.
Pwanya Nini
June 29, 2015 at 1:36 pm
Its bcoz you were waiting for that luagh in 2015 Jan polls but EL camp laughed instead & again come 2016 EL camp is going to laugh again.You get it b!tch!
New Educated Zambia©
June 29, 2015 at 8:28 pm
Kikiki
Czar
June 29, 2015 at 1:49 pm
“According to the IMF, the only other country which has ever used this obscure technical provision to bundle principal payments at month-end was Zambia in the 1980s. Back in January, we had warned that the policies of Syriza, if fully implemented, could turn poor Greece into a populist paradise like Venezuela, just without the oil. Did we look at the wrong continent?” — Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg
The Zambia referred to is the 1980s one when Super Ken defaulted on payments to IMF and said Zambia doesn’t need IMF.
K
June 29, 2015 at 2:05 pm
How does zambia kum in der problem.y kant he concentrate on hz country.greece z broke nd haz failed 2 pay its debt.
salt muli soup ubukala mundofu
June 29, 2015 at 4:45 pm
Ni zambia yanyoko???
brian
June 29, 2015 at 5:13 pm
U fools learn to accept the truth u pf family
deligent
June 29, 2015 at 5:16 pm
What he referred to happened 3 decades ago in 1981 when Zambia was in real dept it was the way of paying back money to IMF.Zambia is the last country to have used that system of paying dept.Greece as a deadline of Tuesday 30-06-15 to pay back about €250 billion .
And this pf upnd thing has to stop. About me what I know is that Edgar has failed rule this country. in as much as hated HH apaso I have no choice but to vote for him “HH”.but mp I will vote for pf pf.
Mazombwe
June 29, 2015 at 5:49 pm
….and would really wonder why he is in opposition…if he is talking about the 1980s Zambia in 2015?
Monika
June 30, 2015 at 3:48 am
I am sure he is talking about the Zed of today
Puungwa
June 29, 2015 at 7:16 pm
Where and when did jesse jackson say that,you bembas are always cooking stories against tongas,did we sleep with your mothers?
Famous idiot!...
June 29, 2015 at 7:19 pm
Kwati pali naka prime minister ifyabupuba mu cibwamba ca ndoshi…
MCCM
June 29, 2015 at 8:16 pm
Can someone come in your home and notice that u are a bad person in bed when u and your partner enjoys what u do?Why do u believe what every cowdung says?No matter what u are going to say about Zambia IFINTU NI LUNGU AND PF.Sela tubombeko kacema wa mafi iwe
MCCM
June 29, 2015 at 8:24 pm
Are u normal?Is there any relationship between 1980 and 2015?By the way why cant u go and live in Greece and leave us alone?We are very much corfortable with our govt.We cant buy yo idiologies,they are unfruitiful to us.In Zambia people are getting employed unlike Greece.In Zambia new investors are investing in our economy in Greece even the old investors have left.
MCCM
June 29, 2015 at 8:26 pm
for JJB
Judge Joe Bidden
June 29, 2015 at 10:18 pm
JJB you are talking about ali napa room 4 chilling being hosted by Botswana Govt (Orapa Diamond Mine) You PF chaps mukafwa kunsala supporting mediocrity of government economic system it needs someone in Greece to tell you that. Travel ba pungwa that’s when u will see Zambia is indeed doing very badly.
Vampiro @ ONYX POWER
June 30, 2015 at 8:47 am
Ba jjjb@ pa bots mwalayumfwa what more ifwe….
Honda songoyi
June 29, 2015 at 8:39 pm
I wish to make a comment on the statement that Greece will be like Zambia. I think this comparison is misplaced for a number of r reasons: Zambians do not receive handouts or social security from government whereas Greeks do. Nearly all houses are owned by the Zambians themselves not on mortgage as mos Greek houses are. I have run out of time to make more comments. Singoyi
chika is back EdK
June 29, 2015 at 9:59 pm
This is why up end party pipo are so ignorant the zambia he reffered to was 1980 not the one in 2015 he was giving an illustration as an example have u ever being to school u cadres sto yipyapping
naked facts
June 29, 2015 at 10:22 pm
This white nigger is right, kikikikikikikiki. We have become an example of failures. Is that story of Jessie Jackson comparing tongas to a certain group of bafoons true ? This is not good whoooo!!! Why Tonga and not the xeno people in Soube ?
MCCM
June 29, 2015 at 10:42 pm
Buy me non alcoholic wine on your way back to Zambia
MCCM
June 29, 2015 at 11:21 pm
@JJB
MCCM is a very busy reconaissance person,
1.specialist in metallogy(CBU),
2.Aircraft engineering(SAAT,ZAST),
3.Aircraft Tech
4.Radar engineering(THALES-FRANCE),
5.Radar engineering(Aeronotica-Ukrane) ,
6.Electrical and electronics engineering(CBU),
7.Bus operator (fleet..,u probably u even boarded my bus on your way to Botswana,runs a
8.few auto shops and above all
9.a proud parent of two kids.
When I tell u I am confortable I mean it
SHi Ali
June 30, 2015 at 2:14 am
I jst aplied 4 a loan wth zanaco nd l ws givn de full amount nt half o denied me,,,so l wud say zambia z doin jst fine,xcept 4 poor leadership dat z being potraid by de gvt in power,,,de greece chap z blind wth no scopo,,,
The Hard Rock
June 30, 2015 at 3:56 am
We are better off, ask olympic milling, jamas, abena Lindoz, vulakhis etc who are greek business men here
Vampiro @ ONYX POWER
June 30, 2015 at 6:38 am
Ala bane midterm to the news. Greece has collapsed imagine as of today the only bank opened is only allowing max of 80 euros a day per person which can’t buy them nothing.
club zero
June 30, 2015 at 7:02 am
@plz anyone not happy with the PF government he is free to liv zambia,even mu 2016 ifintu ni lungu,me to vote for a tonga bull never
Czar
June 30, 2015 at 7:47 am
Who cares? If you can’t live with the fact that Tongas are Zambians then you leave Zambia.
bruto
June 30, 2015 at 11:07 am
Poor Zambia
PANTUFYE
June 30, 2015 at 3:29 pm
@MCCM that’s the way we’ll be doing it,when we travel to japan,SA,India or Dubai everyone should know pa tumfweko shame ba jjb.there are a lot of people on this site who have travelled not pa BOTS naimwe.should we all be publishing our trips,the jobs we do,companies we work with and schools and universities we went to including our financial statement so that you know we are up there?
simonmfula
June 30, 2015 at 4:37 pm
REPORTS ARE THAT ZAMBIA HAS GROUPED ALL DEBTS AND PAY AS ONE.THIS WHAT SAMARAS IS AGAINST.
EUROPEAN UNION HAD ADVISED GREECE TO FOLLOW THE ZAMBIAN METHOD SO THE OPPOSITION IS REFUSING.
ALL PEACE LOVING ZAMBIANS MUST PRAY TO GOD AND ASK OPPOSING SIDES TO WORK AS ONE FAMILY.
ZAMBIA HAS BORROWED TO GAP THE DEFICIT THAT PLANNED PJCTS MAY GO ON.CAPITALIST LED COMPANIES ARE SAID TO HAVE WITHOLD TAXES TO MAKE PF FAIL
OPPOSITION MUST ENSURE GOES TO INTENDED PROJECTS.
PANTUFYE
July 1, 2015 at 12:58 am
@MCCM that’s the way we’ll be doing it,when we travel to japan,SA,India or Dubai everyone should know pa tumfweko shame ba jjb.there are a lot of people on this site who have travelled not pa BOTS naimwe.should we all be publishing our trips,the jobs we do,companies we work with, schools and universities we went to including our financial statement so that you know we are up there?
dodido
July 1, 2015 at 4:31 pm
Why compare greece to zambia? This is absurd.
If they have problems in greece,they should just discuss them in greece and not involve other nation.
Pwanya Nini
June 29, 2015 at 1:04 pm
And the American civil right leader Jesse Jackson has warned whites in United States not to behave like Tongas in Zambia who are the nastiest tribalists in Zambia & the world @ large.He further equated Tongas to the white racist group called Ku Klux Klan (KKK) to that of Kachemas in Southern part of Zambia. Yikes!!!!!!!!
Czar
June 29, 2015 at 1:45 pm
“According to the IMF, the only other country which has ever used this obscure technical provision to bundle principal payments at month-end was Zambia in the 1980s. Back in January, we had warned that the policies of Syriza, if fully implemented, could turn poor Greece into a populist paradise like Venezuela, just without the oil. Did we look at the wrong continent?” — Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg
The Zambia referred to is the 1980s one when Super Ken defaulted on payments to IMF and said Zambia doesn’t need IMF.
CRISIS
June 29, 2015 at 2:15 pm
At least in Zambia people can still obtain money from ATM’s whereas in Greece they have no more money!!!!!!
jack jones chingwere
June 29, 2015 at 3:32 pm
banoko inswa mu chiinyoh
nini ya nyoko
June 29, 2015 at 6:48 pm
nini yanyoko chikala cha nyoko