Sunday, 18 March 2012

Crisis: Greece, protest staged by employees of Pasok party

Offices occupied for not receiving salary since 4 months

07 March, 17:14

(ANSAmed) - ATHENS, MARCH 7 - Employees of Pasok, the Greek socialist party led by former premier Giorgos Papandreou, today symbolically occupied the party headquarters for 45 minutes, from 1.45pm to 2.30pm local time. The initiative was meant as a protest against the fact that they have not received their salary in the past four months. During that period, the leaders of the party said, state contributions to parties have been ''frozen''. The protest of Pasok employees was staged a few days before the party's national assembly, in which the succession of Papandreou as party leader will be discussed.