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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-02-11
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[01] PM: TV licensing law debate shows who wants to clear up Greece's
media landscape
[01] PM: TV licensing law debate shows who wants to clear up Greece's
media landscape
Discussions over a bill on broadcast licensing shows who really wants
to put the country's broadcasting landscape in order and who are trying
to block the government from moving ahead with its commitments, Prime
Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday, during a debate in Parliament
on a decree tabled by the government earlier in the day on TV licensing.
This will give Greek people the opportunity to draw their own
conclusions," he said, adding that "we've been listening for years to
the phrase 'vested interests', but now it's time to explain the term
and how to deal with it."
The government has announced it will launch and oversee a tender for
four nationwide TV licenses, drawing criticism from the opposition which
objects to the number saying they are too few and several other aspects
of the procedure.
Tsipras slammed the opposition parties, saying they covered up the
impunity of the unlicensed media for 27 years, and which are trying
to do so now too. He also said that voters gave the government a clear
mandate to clash with the vested interests, the status quo and corruption.
"Now, for all those who were living like parasites and sucking all
the power of Greek society, it's time to give their explanations and
go through the cash register to pay their taxes; along with those who
have send their untaxed money abroad," he said, noting that in three
parliamentary sessions, New Democracy said it doesn't want a tender
for broadcasting licenses. "It is a kind of institutional aberration,
because not consenting short circuits institutions."
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