GREEK POLITICAL PARTIES FREEDOMS RESTORED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-352-5-491-1
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 491
• Publication Date: September 23, 1974
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/09/02: LOC-HAK-352-5-491-1
!PEEK POL IT IC"lL PART IE'S FR EEC O':'SPESTO>;:ED
AT ? 3 1 AT HE`, 5 C O CT I C SE F~ V I CE t ti ., ! C IEE
.~ S'E I ST 18(,O G?'T 23 SEP ? AT
(TE)(T) HE LEGISLATIVE DECREE ON THE FUNCT'0N1OF TH.E
POL IT ICAL PART IES AS "ELL AS THE PR ESIDEN?I IAL DECREE RESTORING
THE FREEDO:. TO FORM ASSOCIATIONS AND THE PR IVACY OF COMMUN11CA TION
ERE PUEL ISHED TODAY.
PREMIER KARAM'ANL IS MADE THE FOLLO'rtNG STATEMENTS IN THIS
CONNECT ION:
C THE 1.EGISLAT IVE 0ECREE ON THE REFU NCT 10NING OF THE PARTIES AND
ASOL ISHI NG LAT 5 C9, AS 'ELL AS THE PRESIDENT IAL DECREE
REST OR ING THE FREEDOM TO FORM ASSOCIAT IONS AND ; HE PRIVACY OF
0 COV".,UP!ICAT ION, CONST IT UT E T"!0 NE':' CONCRETE STEPS IN THE ATTE'/PT
0LJ TO SECURE THE FREE EXPR?ESSI;,N OF THE PEOPLE'S "?ILL. THE NE 11
?MEASt1RES THAT HAVE SEEP: ANNOUNCED CONSTITUTE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
CONTR'IBUT ION TOWARD RESTORING DEt40CR AT I C LEGALITY. THE IR
IMPORTANCE CANNOT BE DISPUTED BY T HOSE HO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN
e HE PEOPLES VERDICT. THE GOVER NME NT ."1 ILL FIR!VL If
FROCEED ON THE COURSE IT HAS LAID D0'WN FOR THE FULL RESOORATION
OF THE PEOPLES SOVERE IG?:T Y. THE SPEEDY RESORT TO THE POLLS IS
NOT DICTATED O1& Y BY OUR DEMOCRAT IC SENSITIVITY OR BY AN OBL!GATIOI
C1%
RESI.LT ING FROM OUR ORIGINAL DECL.ARAT ION; IT RESPONDS MAINLY
TO A NAT ZONAL COMMAF'D FOR THE T.ACKL INC Of USEFUL NATIONAL ISSUES,
AS I HAVE STRESSED REPEATEOL. Y.
AS OF THE PUEL I CAT 1011 OF THE NEW LA'?1S, ALL THE PARTIES,
W IT HOUT ANY D ISCR I'11 NAT ION, ARE FREE TO LEGALLY DEVELOP I HEIR
C ACT I V I i Y WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS JUDGED THAT THE REASONS FOR WHICH CERTAIN
PART IES WERE OUTLAWED DO NOT EXIST ANY MORE. ALL THE MEASURES
C ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AIM AT LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR A
.TRUE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY, '1! ITHIN LHE FRAMEWORK OF WHICH ALL THE
GREEKS ;'TILL HAVE A PLACE, PROVIDED THEY RESPECT THE LAWS AND
C DO NOT DEVIATE INTO ACT IONS WHICH HARM THE MORE GENERAL
INTERESTS OF THE r;,UNTR Y AND THE S?AOO. H FUNCTIONING OF
DEYOCRA CY,.
THE COMPLETE L IFT ING OF THE LAW ON THE SKATE OF SIEGE AND
THE PROCLAIMING OF ELECT IONS '1LL. NOT BE FAR OFF. IT IS TIME
THAT THE CCUNTPY'S, POL IT ICAL FORCES, FOLLOWING THE EXA!'PLE OF
T FIE GREEK PEOPLE'S ADMIRABLE `?. AT U r ' , IT Y, UNDERTAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE FEOPL,ES EXPECTAT IONS AND HELP IN THE SPEEDY RESTORAT ION
OF THE COU'TP Y' S FREE REG I^E,
o Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/09/02 : LOC-HAK-352-5-491-