Antonis Samaras appeals to voters to remember the ghost of the Civil War

 

 

By The Daily Journalist.

Its Antonis Samaras turn. The Greek prime minister has closed this Friday his campaign at a rally in Athens with the same goal as Alexis Tsipras: Get 600,000 Hellenes and convince the undecided to vote for his (party) the conservative New Democracy.

It has several advantages in its favor. His government has returned to Greece on a path of growth. The country’s GDP expanded 0.7% in the third quarter of 2014 and has earned also two record consecutive primary surpluses (before the payment of interest on the debt) in 2013 and 2014. Unemployment has fallen in the last months of his term by 27.4% in 2013 to 25.8% achieved last year. This data was obtained, according to the opposition, with a high social cost to the country.

But the leader of New Democracy has focused his last speech to discredit his rival, Tsipras accusing the party of “serving the lobby of the drachma” and parasols to be putting the “windfall” involving the recent decision of the Central Bank Bank (ECB). With the ceremony held on Friday afternoon has tried to counteract the effect of massive campaign rally held Thursday by Alexis Tsipras in central Athens.

Samaras rally was held at the sports center of Paleo Faliro, in Hall which hosted the taekwondo competition of the 2004 Olympics, an easier place to fill the squares of Athens. “I picked up the game in the middle of the storm,” the candidate defends, adding that “we are out of the memorandum and no longer need bailouts”.

Samaras has promised that once won the elections, the government will negotiate the last fringes of the rescue and then begin to reverse the economic “injustices” that “had” to commit in recent years, reports Europa Press.

Moreover, the Greek prime minister has said that conclude negotiations with partners in the troika by the end of February when the extension expires rescue for Greece to receive credit below- -agreed reinforcements. Greece also called Juncker get funding plan and will benefit from buying bonds announced yesterday by the European Central Bank.

Samaras will face the polls on Sunday starting at a disadvantage in polls regarding the radical left. A poll released Thursday gave Syriza six points ahead of New Democracy. Samaras hopes to turn over those predictions this weekend. What will you do with your program in hand, which was based on tax cuts as some sections of VAT and income tax. It will also reduce the rate of companies 26% today to 15% to attract investment.

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