Greece votes tomorrow, but it seems as if all the major questions facing Greek society are absent from the pre-election debates. Both Syriza and New Democracy compete for the popular vote by avoiding any discussion of the real problem — that is, the very fact that both Syriza and New Democracy, along with other pro-austerity parties, voted for another austerity memorandum.

It seems like it is not a political debate but a contest between two parties who share the same political program. In a certain sense, this is real. These loan agreements are not just a set of terms and conditions. They include a mechanism of constant supervision and control of all major economic decisions through processes of constant evaluation.

This means that Greece’s creditors can always ask for more austerity cuts, more neoliberal measures, and more “reforms.” The agreements are a regime and a form of governance, based on a condition of limited sovereignty. As a result, any pro-memoranda government will have very limited space to move, and will be forced to implement the measures dictated to it.