Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-10-27

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

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[01] State Min Pappas: The government will not step back

[02] New Democracy stresses need for early elections

[01] State Min Pappas: The government will not step back

The Minister of State said that it was a "crystal clear" tender with totally strict criteria and stressed that "the Justice's decisions are binding for governments too, but are subject to criticism."

"The government will not step back," Pappas stated, adding that it is determined put an end to the lawlessness of the television landscape. Anyone who believes that the closed club of TV channels' owners will remain unchanged makes a huge mistake, he noted.

"The Greek National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) will carry out the tender and we hope it will do so immediately," Pappas underlined.

[02] New Democracy stresses need for early elections

"The tender-parody was cancelled. The law on TV licences belongs to the past. The effort to embezzle the powers of the National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) failed," it said.

From the very beginning, New Democracy defended the constitutional order and struggled to prevent the government coup in the field of media, it added. "It is no time for celebrations. Together with the democratic society we feel vindicated because the constitutional legality was restored. The authoritarian and undemocratic approaches and interventions to justice did not pass," New Democracy noted."Early elections are now necessary more than ever."

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