Troika oversight committee presenter Karas is sticking to his story on Alexis Tsipras embarassing silence on party proposals, as co-presenter Liem Hoang Ngoc supports the opposition leader

A statement that party chief Alexis Tsipras is an atheist has led to a war of words from political opponents and a flurry of comments on social media.

"The government is reaching its end main opposition (SYRIZA) party leader Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday in a discussion in parliament on banking scandals.