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Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-05-14
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[01] Alavanos begins tour of Irakleio prefecture
[01] Alavanos begins tour of Irakleio prefecture
Coalition of the Left (Synaspismos) leader Alekos Alavanos began a tour
of Irakleio prefecture in Crete on Monday, where he said he will be a
candidate in one of the island's four prefeuctures.
Alavanos was scheduled to meet with various local officials and party
cadres, while he will also address supporters during an evening rally
in a central square of the city, Crete's largest.
In brief statements to the local press, Alavanos said that whenever
elections will be held, they will disengage the country from the
"suffocating" two-party system, as he called it. Along those lines, he
said his leftist party's goal is not merely the 3-percent threshold for
representation in Parliament but a significant increase of its
electoral strength.
Finally, he said that comments by government ministers recently over
changing the election law is merely "panic-driven talk".
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