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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-01-18
CONTENTS
[01] SYRIZA has 5 percentage point lead over New Democracy-poll
[02] ANEL leader accuses the gov't of colluding with bankers
[01] SYRIZA has 5 percentage point lead over New Democracy-poll
SYRIZA party leads over New Democracy with 5 percentage points, according
to a Public Issue opinion poll conducted for Avgi newspaper and released
on Sunday.
In the poll, SYRIZA got 35.5 percent and New Democracy 30.5
percent. SYRIZA is estimated to secure 144 seats in the Parliament while
New Democracy 81.
According to the findings of the poll, Potami and communist KKE party
each got 7 percent, followed by Golden Dawn with 6.5 percent. PASOK
got 5 percent, Independent Greeks (ANEL) 3 percent, former PM George
Papandreou's party KIDISO with 2 percent and Democratic Left (DIMAR)
1.5 percent.
[02] ANEL leader accuses the gov't of colluding with bankers
During an election rally at Kozani, northern Greece, the leader of
Independent Greeks (ANEL) party Panos Kammenos accused the incumbent
government - a coalition between New Democracy and PASOK parties - of
orchestrating a "rigged game" with the help of bankers, in an effort
to terrorize voters in the forthcoming January 25th parliamentary
elections. His accusations came as a result of Greek systemic banks
requesting access to the Emergency Liquidity Assistance-ELA facility.
Kammenos reminded the audience, that about four months ago all four
systemic Greek banks successfully passed the European banking stress
tests, proving to be financially healthy. "What happened during these
four months? Who lies and when do they lie?", wondered ANEL leader.
He emphasized, that "it's the same government and [Athens] College gang,
who in May 2012 threatened the Greek people that wages and pensions
wouldn't be paid if they didn't get elected". Kammenos verbally attacked
the Premier and New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras, PASOK leader
Evangelos Venizelos, Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis and KIDISO leader
George Papandreou (former PM and PASOK leader).
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