Tsipras: "One battle, three ballot boxes and one choice"

The catch-phrase in the forthcoming elections will be "one battle, three ballot boxes and one choice", said the leader of main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) party Alexis Tsipras on Monday, addressing a crowd of supporters at the Ionian island of Corfu.

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For Tsipras, the local government is part of the central political scene. He asked for SYRIZA to be voted in the dual - European Parliament and local government - elections, noting that by voting for his party, voters "will vote for their own life, for Greece".

He again posed the dilemma: "Either with Merkel or with Greece. With Berlin or with dignity. With Samaras or SYRIZA." according to ana-mpa

Tsipras attacked the government by saying that it is acting as a broker of big interests, but also attacked the troika of lenders, to which he sent the message that "Greece is not a plot for sale".

The leader of the opposition pledged to end the humanitarian crisis in Greece by placing first the debt owed to people, before the debts owed to "the usurers and lenders".

He also offered to abolish a law which prevents thousands of seasonal workers - many of which are residents of Corfu - from receiving unemployment benefits off season.