Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-05-06

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CONTENTS

[01] KKE leader: Worse storm ahead

[02] SYRIZA leader: Democracy will return to its birth land

[03] PASOK leader hopes people will vote with common sense

[04] Samaras: Greeks vote for the future of their children

[05] PM Papademos appears certain on the formation of gov't

[06] Athens Newspaper Headlines

[07] Museums, archaeological sites closed on election Sunday

[01] KKE leader: Worse storm ahead

After the procedure, KKE leader said that "we feel the need and the duty to remind the Greek people that a storm is coming, a storm worse than that which we have already experienced ".amna

Papariga stressed that traps exist in other parties' positions, noting that her party appeals to the Greek people with one position - "with a strong KKE the hope exists" - and underlined that the people should not relax in the following days. amna

"We will be here," concluded Papariga.

[02] SYRIZA leader: Democracy will return to its birth land

"The people will put their seal and signature for a change and will send a resounding message to all of Europe," opined Tsipras, because, as he said "the Memorandums' barbarism has no place in our common course".amna

Concluding, Tsipras noted that the people will turn page and leave behind the powers of the disaster and tomorrow, all united, will create a new Greece.

[03] PASOK leader hopes people will vote with common sense

"The people's vote concerns us and we are awaiting their judgment with total respect for democracy. We have said the whole truth and the people are aware of the conditions and the problems, the risks and the prospects. However, today's vote, today's decision of the people, concerns the citizen himself, his family, his children and his future".

[04] Samaras: Greeks vote for the future of their children

Samaras stated: "Today the Greek people are voting for the future of their children. They are voting for stability, development, security and justice." amna

After voting, Samaras headed back to Athens.

[05] PM Papademos appears certain on the formation of gov't

"The citizen's vote is the culminating moment of democracy and we all agree that these elections are the most critical in Greece' modern political history. Every one of us will judge and decide not only who will govern but also on the course of the country in the coming decades," said Papademos

[06] Athens Newspaper Headlines

The parliamentary elections in Greece dominated the headlines on Sunday in Athens' newspapers.

AVGHI: "The solution is the Left- Current of change and hope gives strength to the unity proposal to the Left parties".

KATHIMERINI: "Day of responsibility for all - Probable scenarios based on the electoral correlations".

ELEFTHERI ORA: "For now: Difficult days await Greece".

TO VIMA: "Ballots bomb- Greeks vote with anger but they are anxious over the economy and the euro - Uncertainty over the formation of a government and worries of political instability".

[07] Museums, archaeological sites closed on election Sunday

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