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Chios, September 2 (M.P.A.)
"Greece is strong and through its powerful armed forces can avert any imposition," stated Prime Minister and PASOK President Kostas Simitis from the island of Chios, where he began his pre-election campaign tour today. The Premier emphasized that the Aegean Sea constitutes the backbone that links Thrace and Cyprus, the bastions of hellenism. Expected to present his party's program for the development of the Aegean Sea, Mr. Simitis will met with the mayor of Chios and various local officials and in the evening will depart for the island of Lesvos. Main opposition party New Democracy leader Miltiades Evert, speaking from Evros during his pre-election campaign tour, stated yesterday that if his party were brought to power, it would reduce by half all of indirect taxation, give tax incentives to farmers and increase farmer's pensions from 25,000 GRD to 35,000 GRD. Minor opposition leader Political Spring's Antonis Samaras, who is touring Euboia and Lamia, asked the governing PASOK and the main opposition if the day following the election they would do away with the policy of austerity and if they would continue to defend national interests. Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Secretary-General Aleka Paparega has accused PASOK and ND of withholding the truth about the economy from the Greek people. She is to visit the Athens General Hospital this afternoon. Coalition of the Left and Progress (Synaspismos) leader Nikos Konstantopoulos also accused the governing party and the main opposition of trying to mislead the Greek people. Mr. Konstantopoulos will speak in Pireaus this evening. President of the Democratic Social Movement (DHKKI) Dimitris Tsovolas has cancelled his scheduled-for-today press conference, during which he was to present his partys proposals, in protest to the decision drawn by the state-owned television station ERT not to provide live coverage.
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