DUBLIN. Twenty-four hours. So much has passed between the request for a megaprestito made by Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen of the Fianna Fail and the implosion of his unpopular government. After the announcement, made on Sunday night, launching a rescue plan by 90 billion euro, sponsored by the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank, last night the prime minister, under pressure from allies the Greens, was forced to promise the dissolution of parliament after the discussion of the budget in parliament on 7 December.
"In the interest of the voters can not afford delays or doubts on the necessary steps be taken to ensure our economic and financial future," said Cowen in the evening yesterday. Then the prime minister has appealed to all political forces in seeking the approval of the budget, 'not to cause further damage to the country. " But now the financial cuts of 4 billion, and the attached plan of adjustment from 15 billion, which will be discussed on December 7 are likely to jump, announced yesterday after some defections by some members argued that a majority already very narrow, while the speculators are back to attack the Irish government bonds.
Cowen's announcement came after the early morning hours of the Greens, who for four years in government with Fianna Fail, had demanded early elections while promising the approval of the financial 'sense of responsibility to the citizens Irish. " "People feel cheated and betrayed," he had said John Gormley, party leader and Environment Minister, the decisive majority of the executive in parliament say they have been kept in the dark of the rescue plan. The government crisis has broken out Sunday night after Prime Minister Brian Cowen and Finance Minister Lenihan officially had finally admitted what everyone already knew. The financial rescue plan will: to "provide liquidity to the banking system" and "stabilize the economy." As for the figure the two have only hinted that it will be just under 100 billion pounds, much more of the 60 or 80 billion of which we spoke only last week. Flooded with questions from journalists Cowen and Lenihan are not given any excuse. "I'm sorry that people think that I cheated - it merely stated Lenihan -. Certainly I have not deceived, and even the government ha fatto». Sulla stessa linea il primo ministro Cowen che ha risposto: «Non sono l'uomo nero che state cercando» a Vincent Browne dell'Irish Times che gli aveva chiesto se non si sentiva responsabile per aver «fottuto» il paese.
Ora tutta l'attenzione è focalizzata sul 7 dicembre, quando il governo presenterà in parlamento la finanziaria e l'annesso piano di aggiustamento quadriennale che il governo considera vitale per ristabilire la fiducia nei mercati finanziari. Ma al governo di Cowen che controllava solo 82 deputati contro i 79 dell'opposizione, potrebbero mancare i numeri dopo che ieri i deputati indipendenti Lowry e Healy-Rae, che sostenevano il governo hanno lasciato intendere che voteranno contro, e se - come tutti prevedono - The Fianna Fail loses another deputy to by-elections next Thursday in West Donegal.
For Ireland, which last erupted in protest, now promises to be a period of political instability to financial speculators who have returned to attack the Irish government bonds, soared upward after the announcement of the bailout and the opening of the government crisis. The elections scheduled for next January could mark a return to the Labour government, which yesterday with their leader Eamon Gilmore argued that the government "had long since passed the expiration date."
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