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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-03-18
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[01] Papandreou attacks gov't on social security
[01] Papandreou attacks gov't on social security
Main opposition PASOK party leader George Papandreou, speaking in
Parliament on Tuesday during the ongoing debate on the social security
bill, criticised the government and accused it "of trying to terrorise
working people and penalise their strikes."
"Enough is enough, all the working people are shouting take back your
bill. They are shouting take it back, enough of tragedy, but you are
deaf. You are leaving a country unfortified with garbage, without
electricity and you are barrickading yourselves behind your
authoritarianism, judicial prosecutions and the effort to penalise
strikes," the PASOK leader said.
"The government, without having made any substantive and serious
dialogue on the social security issue, is coming hurriedly to submit in
a coup d'etat fashion and to ratifiy the social security bill with an
offhand, authoritarian and dangerous logic," he added.
Lastly, Papandreou said, addressing the government: "it is not the
establishment that is reacting to your options. It supports you and it
is the only one. Those who are reacting are the Greek people and you
must listen to them because they are telling you to withdraw it."
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