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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-05-02
CONTENTS
[01] Tsipras says Sunday's elections a referendum
[02] Intercepting unemployment an absolute priority
[03] 32 parties to vie in May 6 general elections
[01] Tsipras says Sunday's elections a referendum
AMNA--Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) Parliamentary Group leader Alexis
Tsipras, speaking in the city of Larissa on Tuesday, said Sunday's
elections are a "referendum", stressing that the dilemma being raised
is "memorandum or Left" and commented that "either we go ahead with
the Samaras-Venizelos joint governance, or we go ahead with dignity,
democracy and a government of the Left."
"Give us the exploratory mandate on May 6 for the people to exit from
the margin of decisions and we shall honour it. We shall not degrade
the mandate of the people. We shall not return it to the President of
the Republic," Tsipras added.amna
Referring to the "blows", as he said, that SYRIZA is receiving, Tsipras
commented that they constitute the best opinion poll that the party is
doing well.
[02] Intercepting unemployment an absolute priority
AMNA--New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras, speaking to employees
and unemployed people in Lavrio, eastern Attica, on Tuesday promised
"a decrease in unemployment below half in three years, through the
implementation of growth policies."
Samaras further said that "our absolute priority is to stop, to intercept
the nightmare of unemployment," adding that "we can urge recovery
that will reach 9 percentage points of GDP, at least, and many tens of
thousands of jobs will be created."amna
He also said that it is feasible if the recovery and growth of the Greek
economy is achieved: "Growth, that will withstand time and be speeded
up with the passing of time...For us to finally exit and from the crisis
and from overborrowing and from the memorandum."
[03] 32 parties to vie in May 6 general elections
AMNA--A total of 32 parties, coalitions and individuals will vie in
Sunday's parliamentary elections in Greece.
The applications of thirty-two of the overall 36 parties, coalitions
and individuals that had submitted to the Greek supreme court (Areios
Pagos) petitions for participation in the May 6 parliamentary elections
by the deadline last Sunday night were deemed valid by the Areios Pagos,
and thus given the go-ahead to take part in the polls.
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