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Athens mayor accuses gov’t of ‘undermining institutions’

Athens mayor accuses gov’t of ‘undermining institutions’

The Greek government has “completed its lifecycle” and anyone who helps it stay in power will be making a “historic mistake,” Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis, who is also a member of the new center-left Movement for Change's political council, said on Friday in response to a question about whether he would consider working with the ruling leftist SYRIZA party.

Speaking on Thema Radio, Kaminis, a former ombudsman, accused the government of being erratic and “undermining institutions by intervening in the justice system and elbowing out independent authorities.”

Kaminis, who usually maintains a low-key presence and refrains from commenting on politics, was speaking ahead of the founding congress of Movement for Change, a coalition of centrist and center-left parties headed by PASOK chief Fofi Gennimata.

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