| inbluevt | Date: Saturday, 2013/06/15, 1:01 AM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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Greece's prime minister, Antonis Samaras, attempted late on Friday night to end the turmoil over his decision to close the country's public broadcaster – with a proposal to partially reinstate the company so itcould resume transmissions "immediately".
The proposed closure of the Hellenic Broadcasting Company (ERT) has led to the conservative leader facing his worst political crisis since assuming power a year ago.
He announced the apparent climbdown in the hope it would stem the public protests that have once again put Athens in the eye of the storm.
"To find a solution to the issue … I propose that a temporary committee of
broad parliamentary acceptance be appointed," he said in a statement.
The committee, he suggested, should be set up "with the express purpose of hiring a small number of [ERT]employees so that the broadcast of news programmes can begin immediately".
But instead of calming tensions, his offer inflamed them. Within hours, his two centre-left
coalition partners rejected the offer, reinforcing speculation that they
would walk out of the uneasy alliance now ruling Greece if ERT is not
quickly reopened.
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