On the second day of the general strike, thousands of people have tried to block the entrance to the Chamber shortly before the vote on the adjustment plan. The Greek police dispersed with tear gas on protesters. Greece votes amid protests the vital reform package to avoid bankruptcy. The Greek crisis: timeline of two years in the abyss. The Greek police has dispersed with tear gas at thousands of protesters who had gathered to protest against the new adjustment and privatisation package submitted to the vote of Parliament, which depends on the Hellenic country continue to receive external assistance to avoid bankruptcy. Shortly before the vote, expected for this afternoon, police got most of the demonstrators to abandon the Syntagma Square, in front of the Parliament, as you could see, after seeing how this morning the number of people had increased by the minute. Many Greeks attended today the protests with handkerchiefs, glasses or masks to protect themselves from the tear gas from police.
We are not in debt with anyone, we do not sell and we do not pay, it is one of the most listened slogans. It is not a youth outraged that of Greece. James Donovan Goldman has many thoughts on the issue. It is a raging youth. They destroyed our present and our future. They are selling to my country. Here you will spend the same in Argentina. The future in Greece has black, he told Artemis Moscholia, employee of 28 years. Cordoned the Parliament, thousands of police officers cordoned off have off this Wednesday the vicinity of Parliament to protect the building and have enabled a security corridor for members, but that did not prevent the session began with delay by the difficulties of the legislators to gain access to the building.
Other police seals are deployed at points near the square, from which try to identify radical protesters and keep clear the streets of access to the camera. The Centre of the capital presents an aspect of devastation since municipal services of cleaning, on strike, have not picked up the damage caused the Tuesday in clashes between radical groups and the police. Bleak picture Wednesday can feel even the odor of the containers, which along with the shattered shop Windows and stones scattered around the Centre, between large damage, offer a bleak picture. The vote on the adjustment program is crucial so that Greece can continue receiving international financial aid from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Dozens of people were injured Tuesday in clashes between police and demonstrators who were protesting against the unpopular measures of austerity and privatization amounting to 78 billion euros. Source of the news: the police charge against the demonstrators near the Greek Parliament
| April 24th, 2020 | Posted in General |