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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-03-28Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Papandreou: censure motion 'ratified by citizens'Main opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou told Parliament on Friday night during a debate on a censure motion against the government tabled by himself, that even if the motion was rejected "in the conscience of all Greeks, it would have been retified by the overwhelming majority of citizens.""We shall continue the struggle against the government and your policies, inside and outside Parliament, everyday and everywhere," Papandreou noted. The main opposition leader also announced his party's intention to table soon a proposal for the setting up of a fact-finding committee regarding the "bonds scandal". He concluded by calling on ruling New Democracy deputies not to obey their party, because, as he said, "obedience, in this case, does not abide by their respect to moral and national demands." [02] KKE leader sanctions gov'tCommunist Party of Greece (KKE) leader Aleka Papariga said in Parliament on Friday evening regarding the main opposition PASOKâs censure motion against the government over the social security reforms that ?we support the demand for a referendum over the social security, but a referendum for all the social insurance laws since 1992 and after.??We shall give our support to the censure motion against the New Democracy government, however the censure motion must appear daily,? she said, and at the same time accused the government for its strategy which is ?the concentration of capital, the serving of the imperialist plans and the strategy of the European Union?. Papariga stressed that "despite the existing matters of management and tactics, the basic thing is for the strategic character of the New Democracyâs policy to be revealed.? [03] SYRIZA supports censure motionRadical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) leader Alekos Alavanos, speaking in Parliament on Friday during the debate on the motion of censure against the government, said that "the government must fall without delay, as a result of the action of a revived Left, to prevent the implementation of government plans for heavy duty and unhygienic professions, the Olympic Airlines, the Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE), the Hellenic Post Office Service (ELTA) and Kosovo."Alavanos welcomed the initiative by the main opposition PASOK party to table a motion of censure against the government, stressing that for SYRIZA "it is not repulsive a competition and rivalry for positive actions that respond to the demands of society. What is repulsive is a competition in corruption, jockeying as to who will have the favour of the establishment, congestion at the receptions of the American embassy, party conflicts with false and big words." LA.OS leader Popular Orthodox Rally (LA.OS) President George Karatzaferis, in his address in Parliament, strongly criticised the government for its handling of issues concerning OTE , Olympic Airlines, and the FYROM 'name dispute' and backed a referendum option for social security reform and any possible 'name issue' solution. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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