A
win for democracy in Greece after June 11 of 2013 coup
“Greece's
parliament voted on Tuesday to re-open the country's public
broadcaster ERT, which was shut down two years ago by the previous
government to reduce debts. The reinstatement of the channel -- which
was replaced by a scaled down version named Nerit -- was one of the
election promises of the new government under the radical leftists
Syriza, who have been in power for three months.”
“The
previous conservative-led government in July 2013 shut down the TV
station and fired some 2,600 people in order to meet layoff quotas
laid down by Greece's international creditors. Its sudden closure
after more than 60 years on the air shocked even austerity-hardened
Greeks, provoked numerous demonstrations and was condemned
internationally.”
“The
bill on the ERT drew support from the radical left coalition
government and Greek Independents, with the main opposition right
party New Democracy voting against the legislation.”
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