Up to 40,000 people took to the streets yesterday in ‘peaceful’ protests according to the police as a ‘dress rehearsal’ before today’s crucial vote by MP’s. But the whole scenario could get ugly today.
Fin Min Samaras is imploring MP’s to back the bill saying the measures ‘will be the very last’ to be imposed on the nation.
“The country has to adopt this package of measures to which it has committed to avoid bankruptcy,” the technocrat told a parliamentary committee on the eve of the ballot. “We are now at the most crucial crossroads and we have to make the right decision. The road ahead is difficult and steep but it is our historic responsibility to complete the effort that we have begun.”
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