GREECE SEEKS NEW GOVT
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) ATHENS, March 31. King Constantine of Greece today called the former Prime Minister, Mr George Papandreou, to the Royal Palace, after the collapse of Greece’s fifth Government in two years. The three-month-old caretaker Government of Mr loannis Paraskevopoulos was forced out of office last night by a threat from the National Radical Union, one of the two main parties, to withdraw its support It objected to an attempt by Mr Papandreou’s Centre Union to extend Parliamentary immunity until May 29, the day after the proposed General Elections. King Constantine’s decision to send for Mr Papandreou at noon today indicated that he intended to hold the traditional round of talks with political leaders and would not take bis other alternative action of dissolving Parliament, causing a General Election.
One effect of the crisis has been that the country’s 20,000
doctors, dentists and chemists decided that because of the situation they would end a national strike which began on Monday. They have been demanding an improvement in their status.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19670401.2.160
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31333, 1 April 1967, Page 13
Word Count
172GREECE SEEKS NEW GOVT Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31333, 1 April 1967, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in