State radio and television in Greece will resume with a new manager - ITAR-TASS

ATHENS, June 18. / Itar-Tass Malinov /. State radio and television in Greece / EFV / resume work with the new manager. This was announced by chairman of the State Council – the Supreme Administrative Court of Greece Kostas Menudakos.

According to him, according to the adopted Monday night decision of the State Council on the temporary restoration of the interrupted June 11 broadcast TV and Radio, all TV and radio stations EFV will again begin to function as before. However, Menudakos said, will be appointed managing director, who will have the same powers as the former management, in particular, he can “discretion” or completely preserve the entire staff, or dismiss all or part of the employees. “On the basis of EFV then to create a new radio-television company, serving the public interest, and that can not be private,” – he said.

verdict was announced the State Council held at the residence of the Prime Minister of Greece and leader of New Democracy Antonis Samaras trilateral meeting with the leaders of parties PASOK and Democratic Left / DL / belonging to the government coalition. After the talks, the leaders of the DL Fotis Kouvelis and PASOK Evangelos Venizelos announced that the new tripartite meeting held on Wednesday, June 19. “We expect that the Prime Minister correctly interpret the decision of the State Council” on the Earth, said Venizelos.

For his part, Kouvelis said that the EFV should be working just a few hours in full and on all its frequencies. Criticising the Prime Minister for the decision to close the State Television and Radio without consultation with coalition partners, the leader of the DL said that “nobody has the right to the three-party government to act unilaterally”.

Kouvelis said a new tripartite meeting at the residence of the Prime Minister will be held on Wednesday, June 19.

leaders of PASOK and the DL so far insisted that the State Television and Radio Broadcasting should regain full, so you could carry out the restructuring of the company in accordance with plans that would approve of Parliament. In turn Samaras sees no other possibility for the dismissal of about 3,000 people from the public sector, except for the dissolution of the Earth, to fulfill its obligation to the “troika” of international creditors / European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund / that made the plan to take account of the radical reduction of state employees in exchange for vital loans. The fact that the country’s constitution prohibits firing public sector workers, except when completely abolished the organization where they work.