|
|
|
Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-02-12
CONTENTS
[01] PASOK spokesman on constitutional revision
[01] PASOK spokesman on constitutional revision
Main opposition spokesman Petros Efthymiou on Monday defended his
party's decision to walk out of discussions for all-important
constitutional revisions, charging that the process to date, as pushed
forth by the government, is "conservative, shallow and without
substantive content".
He added that PASOK has permanently walked out of the process, and of
course, has withdrawn its proposals.
Moreover, Efthymiou said there was no contradiction in PASOK
leadership's stated position in favor of a revision of Article 16 -
which prohibits the operation non-state universities in the country -
and the latest decision to withdraw from the constitutional revision
debate in Parliament.
Finally, the spokesman, a former education minister, sharply criticised
Public Order Minister Vyron Polydoras for his most recent comments
against groups of masked youths that often infiltrate protests through
central Athens. The latter reportedly threatened to take action against
the troublemakers himself.
In an unrelated development, Efthymiou said PASOK's positions aim at
benefiting decentralising institutions, when asked if the party was
concerned that the Coalition of the Left (Synaspismos) will not vote
for Athens-Piraeus supra-prefect Fofi Yennimata as president of the
union representing the country's prefectures.
|
