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Papariga’s Limited Yes On Immigrant Voting

ΚΚΕ ΠΑΠΑΡΗΓΑ Α ΣΥΝΕΝΤΕΥΞΗ ΤΥΠΟΥAccording to the interview given by the General Secretary of the Central Committee of tGreek Communist KKE party leader Aleka Papariga to the Melbourne radio station 3XY, she is in favor of granting Greeks abroad the voting right, but under certain conditions.

“We have no objection over the existence of Parliament members who will express the problems of Greek immigrants. That is for the immigrants to vote their representatives in the Greek Parliament,” she reportedly said.

But she said that can’t be the case for immigrants who have left Greece long ago. “For those being absent, for example, for about 30-50 years, we would prefer their integration into Australia’s or America’s (etc.) society as well as their active participation in the affairs of the country where they live in. And this is neither bad nor anti-patriotic” she said.

Talking about her party’s role in Greek politics and that of the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), as well as the ruling New Democracy (ND) Conservatives, she said that, “At the present time, given the alternating in power of ND with SYRIZA, will be nothing more than a life extension in this system that we live in.” She said that SYRIZA “will give a disposable breath of life to the existing system.”

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