FinMin says radical left govt has …stockpiled supplies for ‘siege’

“We’re at war!” was the way right-wing Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, the leader of the junior coalition partner in league with Greece’s radical leftists, described the expulsion of a deputy from his party last week who said he’ll vote for “yes” in Sunday’s election.

Along the lines of the “war footing”, the Telegraph over the weekend has the government’s previously globetrotting game theorist, and current FinMin Yanis Varoufakis, saying the country has stockpiled enough fuel and pharmaceuticals for a … “long siege”.

Although this …wasn’t part of the pre-election campaign pledges, Varoufakis, who most recent stints before turning to Greek politics were in Austin, Texas and Seattle, said SYRIZA still wants negotiations with creditors, “but it stands ready to fight unless it secures major debt relief”.

“Luckily we have six months stocks of oil and four months stocks of pharmaceuticals,” he told The Telegraph and reporter Ambrose Evans-Pritchard.

By “fighting”, in the case, he probably alludes to fuel, food and pharmaceutical coupons…

The self-described “erratic Marxist” boasts that a special five-man committee from the Greek treasury, the Bank of Greece, the trade unions and the private banks is working feverishly in a “war room” near his office allocating precious reserves for top priorities.

As per dwindling cash reserves, given that bank account holders are taking out the maximum (60 euros) allowed per day, he said: “We can last through to the weekend and probably to Monday.”