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Summary About one thousand Greek citizens gathered at the home of former socialist Prime Minister Costas Simitis in anger over the current debt crisis they said was caused by previous governments and politicians.
The protesters said, “They are angry that a series of tough measures are being forced upon them such as wage and pension reductions while at the same time no politician has gone to jail for a series of bribery or graft scandals that have taken place over the years which they say contributed to Greeces massive debt.”They said politicians had been bleeding the state coffers for years and now regular citizens are picking up the tab to pay for the crisis.Politicians bankrupted the country, read one placard being held by the protesters, which included people of various ages and professions. PASOK and New Democracy, thieves of the people, the protesters also shouted, referring to the two main political parties that have been in power over the last decades.Our anger will haunt them forever. We will never leave them alone. Just as we have lost sleep and they will also. Every day, every week, we will be outside their homes, said theater and film director Dimitris Kollatos who participated in the protest.Simitis was prime minister with the socialist PASOK party between 1996 and 2004. Greeces debt crisis erupted in 2009 when it was unveiled that the countrys deficit was far larger than had been estimated.
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