Elections '96

GREEK COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER ALEKA PAPAREGA SPEAKS IN THESSALONIKI

Thessaloniki, September 9 (M.P.A.)

Communist Party of Greece (KKE) leader Aleka Paparega has called for a condemnation of the bi-partisan system in politics and, while she pointed out that KKE is a firm supporter of cooperation among the parties, she ruled out any such marriages with both PASOK and main opposition New Democracy.

Ms. Paparega stated that both PASOK and New Democracy have in store another austerity attack, although she clarified that neither of the two parties' leaders, namely Premier Kostas Simitis and ND leader Miltiades Evert, are the "problem."

"The problem is their parties and the special interests they represent," Ms. Paparega stated.

During her Thessaloniki-tour, Ms.Paparega visited the Macedonian Press Agency's offices where she met with General-Director Spyros Kouzinopoulos and President of the Board of Directors Pavlos Petrides.

Ms. Paparega noted the significant task undertaken by the MPA in providing news to Greece and the Balkan region and emphasized the need to support the Agency through all means.

Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Secretary-General Aleka Paparega stated today that her party is opposed to the flood of privatizations taking place within the public sector, fearing that falling into this trend will also be Thessaloniki's International Trade Fair (ITF).

In Thessaloniki today, part of a series of stops in her pre-election campaign tour, the KKE Secretary-General visited the Fair's grounds and met with ITF officials.

Ms. Paparega emphasized that if the Fair becomes privately-owned it will truly be alienated from the Greek people and will produce radical changes in the exhibit correlation of Greek and foreign products.

GREEK COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER ALEKA PAPAREGA SPEAKS IN THESSALONIKI

Thessaloniki, September 9 (M.P.A.)

Communist Party of Greece (KKE) leader Aleka Paparega has called for a condemnation of the bi-partisan system in politics and, while she pointed out that KKE is a firm supporter of cooperation among the parties, she ruled out any such marriages with both PASOK and main opposition New Democracy.

Ms. Paparega stated that both PASOK and New Democracy have in store another austerity attack, although she clarified that neither of the two parties' leaders, namely Premier Kostas Simitis and ND leader Miltiades Evert, are the "problem."

"The problem is their parties and the special interests they represent," Ms. Paparega stated.

During her Thessaloniki-tour, Ms.Paparega visited the Macedonian Press Agency's offices where she met with General-Director Spyros Kouzinopoulos and President of the Board of Directors Pavlos Petrides.

Ms. Paparega noted the significant task undertaken by the MPA in providing news to Greece and the Balkan region and emphasized the need to support the Agency through all means.

Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Secretary-General Aleka Paparega stated today that her party is opposed to the flood of privatizations taking place within the public sector, fearing that falling into this trend will also be Thessaloniki's International Trade Fair (ITF).

In Thessaloniki today, part of a series of stops in her pre-election campaign tour, the KKE Secretary-General visited the Fair's grounds and met with ITF officials.

Ms. Paparega emphasized that if the Fair becomes privately-owned it will truly be alienated from the Greek people and will produce radical changes in the exhibit correlation of Greek and foreign products.

© 1996 Macedonian Press Agency