REFORM IN GREECE
ABOLITION OF SENATE ELECTIONS NEXT MONTH SENTENCES ON REBELS Dnlted Press Association—By Electee TeleErauli—ConjTlKlit (Received April 2, 1 p.m.) ATHENS, April 1. The Government has issued a proclamation abolishing the Senate, on the grounds that it had "shown defectiveness to the point of destroying confidence in the value of public institutions." Elections for the National Assembly have been fixed for May 19, after which constitutional reforms will be carried out. The country in the meanwhile is governed by decrees, the first of which abrogates the clause of the Constitution prohibiting the dismissal of civil servants. Many meetings in the country districts have passed resolutions condemning the sentences of the courtmartial as too lenient. M. Pesmaglou, Minister of Finance, and M. Sayas, the Premier's under-secretary, have resigned after comments in this connection, which were regarded as inopportune. General Bakopoulos, President of the court-martial,. has been transferred to Canea (Crete) for a similar reason. The Premier, M. Tsaldaris, refuses to revise the verdict, adding that the Government is determined to make rebellion impossible in the future.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 78, 2 April 1935, Page 9
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177REFORM IN GREECE Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 78, 2 April 1935, Page 9
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