Greek Court requires the government reopened public television - Granma

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Updated 5:30 pm local time

Greek Court requires the government reopened public television

ATHENS. – The Council of State, the highest administrative court in the country, today ruled against the presidential decree ordering the closure of the Radio Television of Greece ( ERT) and executive ordered the immediate implementation of the chain.

The news was greeted with jubilation in the core studies of ERT, occupied by workers and thousands of caring citizens, and from where he had been broadcasting continuously since Tuesday night, in defiance of the government law imposed in order of visual entity.

The high court found that the provision of executive contravened Article 15 of the Constitution and postponed to September a new hearing of the case to hear the parties, be maintained until then to all workers in the same situation in which they were before closing.

also established that the ERT must continue to function until the creation of the new chain announced by Samaras, and assigned to the Minister of Finance, Yianis Sturnarás, and government spokesman, Simos Kedikoglu, ensuring operation. (PL)