Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-10-18

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

[01] Tsipras calls the political forces to clarify their position over presidential elections

[02] Venizelos: Five years of sacrifices can be lost in five days

[03] DIMAR leader: Easy and magic solutions do not exist

[01] Tsipras calls the political forces to clarify their position over presidential elections

He charged the government and prime minister (Antonis Samaras) for "humiliation of the parliamentary institutions and scaremongering" and reassured that SYRIZA will not follow this path.

He stated that his party is at this moment the most powerful and organised political force of the country, that it is a political force that secures the stability".

Ahead of the start of the procedures for the election of President of Republic, Tsipras called all the political forces as well as the independent MPs to state their position clearly.

Despite the fact that he did not rule out the possibility of rapid political developments he underlined "we can say with certainty that the presidential elections will be a landmark for the country" because as he said "the government has not the parliamentary majority to elect the new president which would allow it to continue its disastrous course".

Tsipras said that SYRIZA should not be trapped in the so-called ideological clarity adding that authority means "the ability to create a majority with axis our programme" and pledged that he will insist on the need of a wide political, social and national agreement.

He said that the government has dried along with its success story's bubble and charged Samaras and Venizelos that " in order to undermine SYRIZA, they do not hesitate to undermine the country's stability" adding that the prime minister did not have the boldness to demand what the programme he co-signed foresees: that after the achievement of a primary surplus he will start the discussion for the debt's sustainability".

The main opposition leader predicted that "probably the markets will be hostile towards Greece for a long period" adding that the markets are playing their own games and opined that only after a substantial debt relief they will stop being hostile".

Referring to the developments in the Balkans and in the Middle East, Tsipras charged Turkey's stance on Cyprus Republic's EEZ saying that "it consists a despicable violation of Cyprus Republic's rights enshrined by the international law. He also expressed his concern over the recent developments in Dervitsani, Albania, noting the need for immediate action against the nationalist tension in the Balkans that is against the efforts for cooperation and solution to the problems of the area.

[02] Venizelos: Five years of sacrifices can be lost in five days

"What we experience in the last days" he said referring to the markets' reaction "is the danger for our country" he said and wondered what will happen if a new president of Republic is not elected and we have early elections and a SYRIZA-Independent Greeks government is formed "The best case scenario will be proved a political scam, but the scenarios of absolute disaster and annulment of the people's sacrifices all exist because it is not very hard for the system to collapse».

Referring to the negotiation that SYRIZA says it will do if it forms a government, Venizelos noted "Some have the impression that the Europeans are afraid of them. That they will persuade and hypnotise with their charm our European partners and will bow and accept solutions, something they do not do to us (the government). He clarified that the country's exit from the memorandums will be held in accordance with the EU, the exit from the crisis will exist with the European support and referred to a reform plan clarifying that the country can turn page and the government is knows what it want and knows when to ask it.

Venizelos likened the country's problems to a hydra "We have to struggle with a hydra. Every day new problems emerge" he said.

Regarding his party he said that many people charge it with "treason of principles and values" but they do not understand the huge work PASOK has offered to the country and admitted that his party fuelled for years the perception of statism and the clientele relations but on the other hand how can we forget PASOK governments' achievements as the National Health System,

[03] DIMAR leader: Easy and magic solutions do not exist

"The disengagement from the memorandum can't exist with an alleged 'easy' recourse to the markets. The disengagement from the memorandum can't exist through its abolition by a law" he said adding that "easy and magic solutions do not exist, only just and efficient solution. The need for a substantial re-negotiation with our partners exists along with the potential for different reforms in the fields of the interior policy that will reduce the inequalities and will modernise the country" he underlined.

Referring to the political stability, Kouvelis said that "political stability means that we leave behind the old habits of the clientelism State'.

On the presidential elections he said that "the presidential elections procedure should not turn into a tool of petty politics planning" underlined Kouvelis.

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