The greek State Council rejected the appeal against the referendum wanted from Athens.
The vote will therefore be held on Sunday as scheduled.
Two citizens had sought annulment of the consultation, on the grounds that he had been summoned in one week in advance. The applicants further maintained that the question is in conflict with the Constitution.
Meanwhile, there’s news of clashes between protesters and police. A group of about 300 people with their faces covered by ski masks tried to force a police cordon at the beginning of Ermou Street, which is entered in the central Syntagma Square which is about to begin a demonstration in favor of the “yes” in the referendum. Police blocked the attackers exploding tear gas.
The Athens police made a stop between the antagonists that just now they tried to enter the square Syntagma engaging in clashes with police . The private Skai TV showed pictures of four police officers in riot gear carrying away a man, holding each for each of the four limbs. All quiet in the field instead of the “yes”, at the entrance of the ancient stadium in Athens where, according to police, the antagonists were headed.
The stadium Kallimarmaro (or Panathinaiko ), which hosted the first modern Olympics, in Athens city center is crowded by thousands of supporters of the “yes” in the referendum on Sunday in Greece. On stage was mounted a huge ‘Nai’ (Yes), the same word that appears on hundreds of red flags waving along with many Greek flags.
If they vote no the Greek position will dramatically weakened ‘, so the EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker. That clash with those words spoken yesterday by Premier greek Alexis Tsipras that in an interview with Antenna 1 said: “The day after the referendum will be in Brussels and an agreement will be signed,” ensuring that the signing of an agreement will come within 48 hours before the vote.
Today, also, Tsipras addressed the people greek stressing that “Sunday’s vote does not decide the permanence or not of Greece into the euro.” Meanwhile, it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the outcome of the consultation desired by the leader of Syriza. Opinion polls suggest a neck and neck.
“The victory of the No will mean more power at the negotiating table,” said Tsipras, urging Greeks to “Say No to ultimatums, blackmail and campaign of fear. ” He added that “with any outcome, nothing will tear us apart Monday.” The only way to ensure a sustainable debt greek is a cut of 30% and a grace period of twenty years, he added , stressing that “the report of the IMF justifies our decision not to accept a deal that ignores the fundamental issue of debt.”
Speaking issuer Ant1, Tsipras said that with the victory the ‘no’ there will be a “sustainable solution” for Greece. “This agreement can be bad agreement that we offer or a better one: the stronger the ‘no’, the better the deal,” he said. Otherwise, if he wins the ‘yes’ the greek prime minister explained that start “procedures provided for in the Constitution” to ensure that the proposal of institutions (European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund) becomes law.
In this scenario, Tsipras said he will not put his “chair” above the “interests of the nation”, suggesting that it might resign if he wins the yes in the referendum on the proposal of the creditors to Greece. The premier greek tonight will be in Syntagma Square, home to a large demonstration in front of the No . Will launch the last appeal to their compatriots because they reject the agreement with the creditors. The rally will start at 19:30 (18:30 in Italy) while the Yes supporters gathered in the movement Menoume Evropi (we stay in Europe) have gathered a short distance, the stadium Kallimarmaro (or Panathinaiko), which hosted the first modern Olympics.
“An agreement is in sight,” even with the victory of the No to the referendum and “is pretty much done,” he said, according to Bloomberg, the Minister of Finance Greek Yanis Varoufakis to Irish radio that “Greece will remain in the euro.” According Varoufakis the vote will not lead to an agreement that will include “debt restructuring.” “If he wins the yes – he added – then the government greek simply put his signature on the document proposed earlier by the creditors’ while if he won the No then you will have” an agreement, including a restructuring of the debt. ” For the Minister of Finance in fact during this week of impasse “we received some good proposals” by some European governments’ agreement and is more or less done. “
But German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble dampens expectations of Athens on the ability to quickly obtain the resources to support: “It might take some time,” he told the Bild according anticipation, explaining that the picture of situation has changed. “In recent weeks – he added, the situation in Greece has deteriorated dramatically.”
The non-payment of Greece’s installment of the IMF It is an “event of default” notified to the European bailout fund EFSF, but its board of governors has decided to wait and “not apply” in Athens on “immediate payment of loans granted nor to use its right to take action” that is, not to use any of the options available . “The fund EFSF is the largest creditor of Greece, this default is a cause of deep concern. Breaks the greek commitment to honor its financial obligations towards all its creditors and opens the door to severe consequences for the economy and the Greek people, “says Director of the EFSF, Klaus Regling .
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