Greek Finance Minister Yanis
Varoufakis has accused Athens' creditors of "terrorism", the day before a
referendum on an international bailout.
Speaking to Spain's El Mundo newspaper, he said the country's lenders wanted to "instil fear in people".
Huge rallies were held by both sides in the referendum on Friday night.
The
government has urged voters to say "No" to the terms of a bailout
package, but opponents warn that this would see Greece ejected from the
eurozone.
Greece's current bailout programme with the European
Commission, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Central Bank
(ECB) ran out on Tuesday.
Banks have been shut all week, with limits imposed on cash withdrawals.
Mr Varoufakis said the so-called "troika" of creditors wanted a "yes" vote to win so they could humiliate the Greeks.
"Why did they force us to close the banks? To instil fear in people. And spreading fear is called terrorism," he said.
He
added that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras would still reach an
agreement with creditors if the result was "No", and that banks in
Greece would reopen on Tuesday whatever the outcome.
Analysis: BBC Economics editor Robert Peston
If
Greeks vote "Yes" to the deal with creditors - pension cuts, VAT rises
and all - just maybe the European Central Bank (ECB), whose governing
council meets on Monday morning, will lift the ceiling a fraction on the
provision of Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA).
That might not
permit banks to start operating as normal with immediate effect. But it
could allow the 60-euro daily ceiling on withdrawals to be raised a
bit, and the total freeze on transfers abroad to be eased somewhat.
And
that might allow the Greek economy to be taken out of the deep freeze
it has been in since banks were ordered to more-or-less close last
Monday.
But if Greeks vote "No", as the government wishes them to
do, there would be zero chance of the ECB turning on the ELA tap again. Life-or-death referendum Correspondents say it is unclear whether this will happen.
The
BBC's Chris Morris in Athens says that, for many, this has become a
choice about whether to stay in the eurozone. With so much at stake, he
says, the rhetoric is getting nasty.
Tens of thousands of Greeks attended the rival rallies on Friday night.
Media captionStefanaki Ioanna: "A yes vote will give Greece a chance"
Mr Tsipras told supporters Greece needed "say a proud 'No' to [European] ultimatums" to sign up to fresh austerity.
But
he also used similar language to Mr Varoufakis, urging Greeks to "say
'No' to ultimatum, to blackmail, to the campaign of terror".
He
denied a "No" vote would mean leaving the European Union - though
opponents said they believed Mr Tsipras could not deliver on such a
promise.
Ballot paper question
"Must
the agreement plan submitted by the European Commission, the European
Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund to the Eurogroup of 25
June, 2015, and comprised of two parts which make up their joint
proposal, be accepted? The first document is titled "reforms for the
completion of the current programme and beyond" and the second
"Preliminary debt sustainability analysis".
Voters must check one of two boxes - "not approved/no" or, below it, "approved/yes" Voices from a Greek island The question that makes (almost) no sense Nikos,
a doctor, told AFP: "They cannot pretend any longer that it's not about
leaving the euro... and outside the euro lies only misery."
Opinion polls on Friday suggested the country was evenly split. An Ipsos survey put "Yes" supporters at 44% and "No" at 43%.
Opinion polls within 24 hours of the voting are banned, as are rallies.
"No" supporters turned out in force in Athens on Friday
The "Yes" rally took place close by
Greece's left-wing Syriza government was elected in January on an anti-austerity platform.
The
European Commission, the European Union's executive arm - one of the
"troika" of creditors along with the International Monetary Fund and the
ECB - wants Athens to raise taxes and slash welfare spending to meet
its debt obligations.
On Tuesday, the previous eurozone bailout
expired, depriving Greece of access to billions of euros in funds, and
Athens missed a €1.5bn (£1.1bn) repayment to the IMF. Lenders' proposals: Key sticking points
VAT (sales tax): Alexis Tsipras
accepts a new three-tier system, but wants to keep 30% discount on the
Greek islands' VAT rates. Lenders want the islands' discounts scrapped
Pensions: Ekas top-up grant for some
200,000 poorer pensioners will be phased out by 2020 - as demanded by
lenders. But Mr Tsipras says no to immediate Ekas cut for the wealthiest
20% of Ekas recipients
Defence: Mr Tsipras says reduce
ceiling for military spending by €200m in 2016 and €400m in 2017.
Lenders call for €400m reduction - no mention of €200m
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