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Greek parliamentary elections June 1989
''The parliamentary elections of 18 June 1989 held by the government of Andreas Papandreou put the New Democracy party in the first place under Konstantinos Mitsotakis, but without a parliamentary majority. Thus, Andreas Papandreou remained prime minister until July 2, 1989, when New Democracy and the Coalition of the Left and Progress decided to form the Tzannetakis government. In particular, New Democracy with 44.28% of the votes received 145 seats, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement with 39.13% 125 seats, the Coalition of the Left and Progress with 13.13% 28 seats and from 1 seat were occupied by the Democratic Renewal with 1.11% and the minority party Trust with 0.52%.''

The Tzannetakis government, with the partnership between the Right and the Left for the first time, carried out its declared goal of impeachment of those responsible for the Koskota case, and led the country to new elections in November of the same year.

Pre-election period
''The elections were held by Law 1847/1989 (variant of the simple analogue) passed by the Papandreou government a few months ago. This law was called the Kutsogiorga law, but in fact it was prepared by a group of political scientists close to Andreas Papandreou, with Prime Minister George Kissonas as its .''

''The elections were held with the Koskota scandal almost exclusively concerned with the news. It is characteristic that since the autumn of 1988 the newspapers "Nation," "Va," Νέα"News" and "Eleftheroty" ", which until then supported PASOK, began harsh personal attacks on Andreas Papandreou and on those ministers who considered Koskota's associates, on a daily basis. Also, since November 1988, the right newspaper "Free Press," published by Aris Voudouris (formerly a supporter of Papandreou who changed to his opponent) had won the first place in circulation, with constant attacks on persons of the prime minister's close environment, such as his mistress Dimitra Liani and his businessman and business friend George Louvaris.''

Twelve and a half years later, in December 2001, Mitsotakis" close associate, retired Lieutenant General Nikos Gryllakis, claimed in a book that the US government through the CIA had helped New Democracy wear out Andreas Papandreou by channeling or even bragging aggravating evidence for the Koskota scandal and creating an anti-government atmosphere through its influences on the international media and the domestic Greek elite. According to Grillakis, the CIA-ND agreement was made in January 1989 in New York on the initiative of the American side, which saw the apparent breakdown of the Eastern European communist regimes; it planned the fall of existing socialism in the eastern countries. With PASOK in power and the left wing lobbying for support for the collapsed then socialist parties, problems would arise in the rapid disintegration of communism

''The only supports left for Andreas Papandreou in the press were "Tomorrow," which maintained high circulation, and the news, a newspaper published by the friend of the prime minister's businessman Socrates Kokkalis since the end of 1988. PASOK's control of ERT could not play a decisive role in the elections, as it was largely offset by the dozens of anti-government radio stations that had been established in the immediately preceding years.''

''On June 16, a declaration of 165 artists in favour of New Democracy was published, while on 17 June a declaration of 224 artists and writers in favor of PASOK was published. Among those who supported New Democracy were, among others, Nikos Foskolos, Dinos Iliopoulos Rika Dialynas, Jenny Vanou and Giannis Floriniotis, while among those who voted in favor of PASOK, Giorgos Fountas, Lakis Komninos, Eleni Anousaki, Maria Dimitriadis, Stefanos Linaios and Dimitris Lagios.''

''During the pre-election and the post-election period there were clashes between supporters of PASOK and ND. The most extensive clashes between the supporters of the two parties took place on the evening of June 10 in Thessaloniki, resulting in 29 people being injured, including the then head of the Thessaloniki Prosecutor's Office Dimitrios Sideris. On June 29 in the village of Iraklia in the prefecture of Fthiotida, PASOK supporters beat to death the president of the village and member of ND Spyros Latsuda''

SourcesEdit

 * Lefteris Papadopoulos, The Dirty '89: The scandal, the coalition government and the referral, Cactus publications, 2010

Notes and referencesEdit



 * Lefteris Papadopoulos, The Dirty '89: the scandal, the coalition government and the referral, 1993, p. 34-37
 * Daily, June 11, 1989
 * The Daily, June 30, 1989
 * Lefteris Papadopoulos, The Dirty '89: the scandal, the coalition government and the referral, 1993, p. 34-37
 * Daily, June 11, 1989
 * The Daily, June 30, 1989
 * Lefteris Papadopoulos, The Dirty '89: the scandal, the coalition government and the referral, 1993, p. 34-37
 * Daily, June 11, 1989
 * The Daily, June 30, 1989
 * The Daily, June 30, 1989
 * The Daily, June 30, 1989



External linksEdit

 * The Electoral Law 1847/1989
 * PARLIAMENT OF THE GREEKS - Election Results www.hellenicparliament.gr

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 * Greek parliamentary elections

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