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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-12-17
CONTENTS
[01] PM Samaras' office statement ahead of presidential election
[02] SYRIZA spokesman: Gov't is far away from the 180 votes needed for
the election of President
[03] Greece drains 1.3 bln euros from T-bill auction
[01] PM Samaras' office statement ahead of presidential election
ANA/MPA---Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' office on Wednesday issued
the following statement ahead of the first voting for the election of
a President of the Republic:
"Tonight, the first voting for the election of a President of the Republic
will be carried out. During that voting procedure, positive votes are
not considered a vote in favour of the government; but a decision to
defend the Constitution and respect the institution of the President
of the Republic, as well as an avoidance of a political adventure that
could be fatal for the country's European course."
[02] SYRIZA spokesman: Gov't is far away from the 180 votes needed for
the election of President
ANA/MPA---SYRIZA spokesman Panos Skourletis on Wednesday, referring
to the first round of the presidential elections, said "I believe that
during the voting procedure it will be confirmed that we are far away
from the 180 deputies and there will be no signs that these votes will
be gathered in the next rounds. I estimate that the government will
not find the 180 votes even if the candidate changes."
Commenting on Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' press office announcement,
Skourletis noted, speaking to VIMA FM: "Despite their efforts to
'neutralise' the procedure in relation to the implemented policies,
meaning the continuation of the memorandum policies, the announcement
does not succeed in doing so. For this reason, the announcement concludes
by saying that the country must avoid the political adventure and by
political adventure they refer to early elections."
Regarding Bank of Greece (BoG) governor Yannis Stournaras' statements,
Skourletis noted "Stournaras' statements on Tuesday are considered the
darkest statements in the bank's history. You must be certain that are
written on the black page and will be evaluated in more appropriate
times. There are no similar statements by a BoG governor in the past."
On main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras' meeting with former
BoG governor Giorgos Provopoulos on Tuesday, the party spokesman said
"Mr. Provopoulos holds the helm of the Greek central bank in very crucial
times, he knows persons and conditions and possibly mechanisms that
operate in periods of instability and irregularity. So, in all senses
it was a useful meeting."
[03] Greece drains 1.3 bln euros from T-bill auction
ANA/MPA---Greek authorities on Tuesday successfully auctioned a
three-month Treasury bill issue draining 1.3 billion euros from
the market at a slightly higher cost. The Public Debt Management
Organization, in an announcement, said that the interest rate of the
issue was set at 1.90 pct from 1.80 pct of the previous auction of same
issue in December 10. Bids submitted totaled 1.625 billion euros, 1.93
times more than the asked sum. The auction was made with the market's
primary dealers and settlement date was set for Friday, 19 December. The
organization will also accept non-competitive bids up to 30 pct of the
asked sum by Thursday, 18 December.
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