Greece general strike against the closure of public television - 20minutos.es

Greece held a general strike Thursday against the disappearance of the public broadcaster ERT, whose staff keeps busy headquarters despite the official closure in place since early Wednesday.

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strike, the third so far this year, has been called by the two main unions, the public sector and private sector ADEDY GSEE, contrary to what consider a new twist of Government towards “authoritarianism” and behavior “unconstitutional”.

Unemployment is 24 hours on buses, trolleys and trains , whose circulation is completely stopped from midnight, which in the capital has caused more jams than usual.

hospitals provide only minimal services , while in the private sector, only banks collectively have supported the strike call.

Air traffic controllers host this evening a two-hour stop , which has forced airlines to change flight schedules, although cancellations are not anticipated.

The subway only has organized a strike in the graveyard shift, to facilitate mass participation in the protest rally convened at the headquarters of the public broadcaster.

A large demonstration

11.00 local time (10.00 Spanish time) unions have called for a large demonstration at the gates of television .

There

employees keep busy building and a continuous emission relaying information through channels provided by other chains.

class=”imp”> says Prime Minister has created a caste of handpicked professionals in the public media Prime Minister Andonis Samaras conservative, on Wednesday defended the decision to close public broadcasting, arguing that it was necessary down a wasteful system and privileges for the few.

it, actually alluded to a long tradition in the public media of this country, which has created a real breed of professionals handpicked by the respective governments or major parties, which enjoy astronomical salaries , in contrast to the low wages of many others.

Although all parties criticize this situation, created by themselves, and all call for a reform of public broadcasting, criticism of a measure as drastic as closing was unanimous , even by the tripartite coalition partners.

A pulse of the Government

Samaras said

not understand all the fuss and said that “when closed private channels or newspapers, not produced such a response “.

The closing of the public body means not only a new pulse unions with the government but also a test for the internal cohesion of the coalition.

The leaders of the two partners, the Social Democrats Evangelos Venizelos Pasok, and Fotis Kuvelis of the moderate left Dimar have requested an urgent meeting with Samaras and reaffirmed their opposition to closing.

Some media in this country citing sources from the seat of prime minister shuffled the possibility that Samaras could ask for a vote of confidence in Parliament.

Meanwhile, the leader of the main opposition party SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras leftist, said the change is near, but warned citizens not a government led by him can “make money” but economic wealth have to “generate”.