Grexit The Greek authorities had only nine days to organize the election …
After five years of austerity, Greeks torn between weariness of rigor and commitment to Europe are preparing for an uncertain referendum on Sunday that will seal the fate of their government and affect relations with the area euro. After a brief campaign also qu’exaltée, supporters of the “yes” and “no” are neck-and-neck in the polls.
An organization rehearsed
The polls will be open from 7am to 19h. In Athens, the counting of the polls will be held in the premises of the Supreme Court, and the verdict is expected to fall before midnight, authorities said. We may have to wait late into the night if the result is as tight as the polls suggest. Some cafes are already planning to stay open all night in the capital, to welcome customers waiting for the official announcement of the results. The suspense could unravel to 22 am, however, considered a source in the entourage of the prosecutor of Athens, contacted Saturday afternoon by 20 Minutes .
Despite the delay extremely short to organize the referendum (nine days), everything seemed ready Saturday to welcome the ten million Greeks of voting age. The papers and envelopes were delivered in the week to each polling station in the capital, a judicial source confirmed to 20 Minutes .
Here’s what the ballot looks vote: a question of seventeen lines and the box of “NO” (“OXI”) preceding that of the “YES” (“NAI”)
“We are used to organize Greek election, “said Thanassis, 31, entrepreneur based in Athens. Indeed, in five years, the country has seen five different prime ministers.
Day released on the eve of the poll
Everything seemed frozen Saturday for this day of political respite, some hours after massive mobilizations of each camp in the center of Athens. On the eve of election, he was prohibited from campaigning. Only a small protest “against fear” took place around 18 hours outside the offices of the TV station Mega Channel.
An almost Olympian calm prevailed in some areas of Athens after the bustle of the Eve. The economy, battered after five years of recession despite a slight recovery late 2014, idle since the closure of banks Monday, and the imposition of strict capital controls, planned referendum until two days later.
The calm before the storm?
The post-referendum future is rather uncertain. The government Tsipras, who campaigned for the no, he will switch if yes vote? Do banks will reopen on Monday morning, as guaranteed Yanis Varoufakis Minister of Finance in an interview published Friday?
For the executive led by the radical left Syriza, a yes vote would a repudiation and could open a period of political instability, the economy and the country’s banking system can not afford, even for a short time. And medium term, new austerity measures expected Greece, Syriza provides.
A non victory would cause a “leap into the unknown”, according to most observers, although the government Tsipras promises an agreement for the following days, strong greater legitimacy. Everything will depend in particular on the attitude of European partners, whose forehead is far from united. One thing is sure, the Greeks waited long enough, and most seem to see relief finally approaching a denouement, after several days of political and economic paralysis.
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