The Greek composer says he will
support the main opposition party on the condition it promises to do away with
the terms of the bailout agreement signed with the country’s international
lenders
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Famed Greek composer Mikis
Theodorakis says he will back main opposition Syriza in the national elections
on January 25 on the condition that it promises, ‘here and now’ to pass a law
in parliament - if it forms a government - that will rid Greece of the memorandum
signed with the country’s lenders.
“I remain against the memorandum. This means that I do not accept that the elections are about who can best serve the terms of the memorandum,” he said.
Syriza, he said, must ‘commit here and now’ that if it becomes the government, the first thing it will do is to bring a law to parliament that will rid Greece of all the terms of the memorandum.
“I cannot fathom a party of the left governing in a situation where the country’s independence and sovereignty has been surrendered to foreigners,” he said.
In 2010, Theodorakis founded the non-political national resistance ‘Spitha: People’s Independent Movement’ which called on the Greeks to rebel against the harsh austerity measures dictated by the country’s international lenders.
Theodorakis was tortured, jailed and exiled by the military junta ruling Greece from 1967 to1974 and, up until the late 1980’s, he was politically identified with the left.
In 1989 he ran as an independent candidate with the New Democracy party in order to oust the scandal-plagued Pasok government of Andreas Papandreou and helped in the creation of a wide coalition embracing conservatives, socialists and leftists.
He was elected to parliament in 1990 and served as a minister for the New Democracy government under Constantine Mitsotakis. He had also been elected to parliament in 1964 and 1981
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“I remain against the memorandum. This means that I do not accept that the elections are about who can best serve the terms of the memorandum,” he said.
Syriza, he said, must ‘commit here and now’ that if it becomes the government, the first thing it will do is to bring a law to parliament that will rid Greece of all the terms of the memorandum.
“I cannot fathom a party of the left governing in a situation where the country’s independence and sovereignty has been surrendered to foreigners,” he said.
In 2010, Theodorakis founded the non-political national resistance ‘Spitha: People’s Independent Movement’ which called on the Greeks to rebel against the harsh austerity measures dictated by the country’s international lenders.
Theodorakis was tortured, jailed and exiled by the military junta ruling Greece from 1967 to1974 and, up until the late 1980’s, he was politically identified with the left.
In 1989 he ran as an independent candidate with the New Democracy party in order to oust the scandal-plagued Pasok government of Andreas Papandreou and helped in the creation of a wide coalition embracing conservatives, socialists and leftists.
He was elected to parliament in 1990 and served as a minister for the New Democracy government under Constantine Mitsotakis. He had also been elected to parliament in 1964 and 1981
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