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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-11-02
CONTENTS
[01] Draft bill on e-prescription of medicines passed, in principle
[02] Merciless with main parties
[01] Draft bill on e-prescription of medicines passed, in principle
(ÁÍÁ-ÌPA) -- Deputies from ruling PASOK, main opposition New Democracy
(ND) and the small right-of-centre Popular Orthodox Rally (LA.OS) party
on Monday evening approved, in principle, a bill envisioning the
electronic prescription of medications, a measure the government hopes
will combat the widespread practices of overcharging, over-prescription
and exploitation of consumers and health funds.
Communist party (KKE) deputies voted against the draft bill, while
demanding abolition to VAT rates on medicines, while MPs of the other
small leftist party in Parliament, SYRIZA, voted "present".
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[02] Merciless with main parties
ANa-MPa/Communist Party of Greece (KKE) General Secretary Aleka
Papariga on Monday accused the prime minister of having arranged in
advance for a "controlled" default by Greece. Speaking in the Piraeus
district of Nikaia, Papariga stressed that the "dilemma" that Prime
Minister George Papandreou had put to voters in the upcoming local
elections did not, therefore, have any basis.
"A controlled bankruptcy means the following: an uncontrolled,
extremely rapid bankruptcy for the people and, from then on, there will
be a negotiation about how much the creditors will receive. In other
words, the dilemma raised by the prime minister 'PASOK or bankruptcy'
has no basis, is absolutely outdated. By voting for PASOK, you vote for
faster bankruptcy," she said.
She urged voters to be merciless to both ruling PASOK and main
opposition New Democracy, ensuring that neither had a chance at
recovery and stressed that both parties were the "pillars" serving big
capital.
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