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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

LEBIH daripada 61% daripada Rakyat Yunani mengatakan 'Tidak' dalam referendum bailout penting - tally Akhir



i.Borneo - Lebih daripada 61 % peratus daripada rakyat  Yunani telah mengundi "Tidak" di referendum Ahad ini mengenai langkah-langkah perjanjian bailout dan penjimatan, lapor Kementerian Dalam Negeri selepas 100 % peratus undi telah dikira.

MORE than 61% of Greeks say 'No' in crucial bailout referendum - final tally . . .

More than 61 percent of Greeks have voted “No” in Sunday’s referendum on the bailout deal and austerity measures, reported the Interior Ministry after 100 percent of the vote had been counted.

READ MORE: Greece votes in bailout referendum LIVE UPDATES (Greece undi dalam bailout referendum TERKINI LIVE)


BREAKING: 100% of #Greferendum ballots counted, NO (#OXI) at 61,31 and YES (#NAI) at 38,69 % 7:55 AM - 6 Jul 2015

Beribu-ribu orang turun ke persegi Syntagma di hadapan Parlimen Yunani di Athens untuk meraikan undi 'Tidak', yang dipanggil "Ya besar untuk demokratik Eropah" oleh menteri kewangan negara, Yanis Varoufakis.

"Sehingga hari ini, dengan ini 'Tidak' rakyat Yunani berani menyerahkan kami. . . kami akan menghulurkan bantuan kepada pemberi pinjaman kami. Kami pula akan memanggil mereka masing-masing untuk mencari titik persamaan. Sehingga esok, Eropah, yang hatinya menewaskan di Greece malam ini, yang bermula untuk menyembuhkan luka, yang luka, "kata Varoufakis, seperti yang dipetik oleh Reuters.

Perdana Menteri Yunani Alexis Tsipras memuji 'Tidak' mengundi bagi referendum itu dengan berkata bahawa kerajaannya bersedia untuk kembali ke rundingan dengan pemiutang dengan segera supaya bank-bank di negara ini boleh dibuka semula.

"Dengan keadaan sukar yang berlaku hari ini, anda membuat pilihan yang sangat berani," kata Tsipras dalam ucapan di televisyen kepada orang-orang Yunani.

"Saya sedar mandat yang anda berikan kepada saya tidak salah satu yang pecah dengan Eropah tetapi mandat untuk memperkuat posisi kami untuk mendapatkan penyelesaian yang berdaya maju," katanya.

Ketua perunding Greece, Euclid Tsakalotos, melahirkan keyakinan bahawa, terima kasih kepada keputusan referendum ini, negara akan kini dapat mencapai persetujuan dengan pemiutang EU-IMF dengan cepat.

"Perkara pertama adalah bahawa laporan IMF itu membuktikan bahawa hutang [beban] tidak berdaya maju, dan kedua bahawa terdapat satu mandat popular yang baru, sebab ia akan kelihatan daripada hasil yang jelas referendum," Tsakalotos kepada TV STAR tempatan.

Pegawai Yunani tidak membincangkan pengenalan mata wang selari di negara ini, katanya.

Thousands of people took to Syntagma square in front of the Greek parliament in Athens to celebrate the ‘No’ vote, which was called “a big Yes to democratic Europe” by the country’s finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis.

“As of tomorrow, with this brave ‘No’ the Greek people handed us . . . we will extend a helping hand towards our lenders. We will call on each one of them to find common ground. As of tomorrow, Europe, whose heart is beating in Greece tonight, is starting to heal its wounds, our wounds,” Varoufakis said, as cited by Reuters.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras praised the ‘No’ vote in the referendum, saying that his government is ready to return to negotiations with creditors immediately so that the country’s banks could re-open.

“With the difficult circumstances prevailing today you made a very brave choice,” Tsipras said in a televised address to Greeks.

“I’m fully aware the mandate you gave me is not one of a rupture with Europe but a mandate to strengthen our negotiating position to seek a viable solution,” he added.

Greece’s chief negotiator, Euclid Tsakalotos, expressed confidence that, thanks to the referendum’s result, the country would now be able to reach an agreement with its EU-IMF creditors quickly.

“The first thing is that the IMF report proves that the debt [load] is not viable, and secondly that there is a new popular mandate, as it would seem from the apparent result of the referendum,” Tsakalotos told local STAR TV.

Greek officials are not discussing the introduction of a parallel currency in the country, he added.


Anti-penjimatan pengundi 'Tidak' meraikan di hadapan Zappeion di Athens, Greece Jul 5, 2015 (Anti-austerity 'No' voters celebrate in front of the Zappeion in Athens, Greece July 5, 2015 (Reuters/Jean-Paul Pelissier)

Menteri Ekonomi Jerman, Sigmar Gabriel, berkata bahawa keputusan referendum telah "dirobohkan di jambatan lepas di mana Greece dan Eropah boleh bergerak ke arah kompromi."

"Dengan penolakan peraturan zon euro. . . rundingan mengenai program bernilai berbilion adalah hampir tidak dapat difikirkan, "Gabriel memberitahu akhbar Tagesspiegel.

"Tsipras dan kerajaannya memimpin rakyat Yunani di atas jalan yang ditinggalkan pahit dan putus asa," tegas beliau.

"Tsipras dan kerajaannya memimpin rakyat Yunani di atas jalan yang ditinggalkan pahit dan putus asa," tegas beliau.

Kata-kata menteri itu telah disuarakan oleh ketua bank simpanan persatuan Jerman (DSGV), Georg Fahrenschon, yang menyimpulkan bahawa Greece kini perlu meninggalkan blok euro.

Walau bagaimanapun, Menteri Luar Itali, Paolo Gentiloni, menggesa EU untuk terus mencari jalan tengah dengan Greece, walaupun penduduk negara ini menolak syarat bailout Troika ini.

German economy minister, Sigmar Gabriel, said that the results of the referendum had “torn down the last bridges on which Greece and Europe could have moved towards a compromise.”

“With the rejection of the rules of the eurozone . . . negotiations about a program worth billions are barely conceivable,” Gabriel told Tagesspiegel paper.

“Tsipras and his government are leading the Greek people on a path of bitter abandonment and hopelessness,” he stressed.

“Tsipras and his government are leading the Greek people on a path of bitter abandonment and hopelessness,” he stressed.

The minister’s words were echoed by the head of Germany’s savings bank association (DSGV), Georg Fahrenschon, who concluded that Greece must now leave the euro bloc.

However, Italy’s foreign minister, Paolo Gentiloni, urged the EU to keep looking for middle ground with Greece, despite the country’s population rejecting the Troika’s bailout terms.


Against fascism, against capitalism - 30 communists march around Syntagma Square #GRefenrendum #GreeceCrisis

"Kini ia adalah hak untuk mula cuba untuk perjanjian lagi. Tetapi tidak ada melarikan diri dari labirin Yunani dengan Eropah yang lemah yang tidak berkembang, "Gentiloni menulis di Twitter.

Hasil referendum Yunani disebabkan penurunan mendadak dalam euro pada Isnin. Euro jatuh 1.4 % peratus berbanding dolar Amerika Syarikat kepada $ 1,0955, dan 2.1 % peratus berbanding yen kepada ¥ 133,50.

"Tidak" kemenangan telah diramalkan oleh beberapa undian pendapat, termasuk GPO, Analisis Metron dan MRB, yang keputusannya dikeluarkan selepas pemilihan ditutup.

“Now it is right to start trying for an agreement again. But there is no escape from the Greek labyrinth with a weak Europe that isn’t growing,” Gentiloni wrote on Twitter.

The outcome of the Greek referendum caused a sharp drop in the euro on Monday. The euro fell 1.4 percent against the US dollar to $1.0955, and 2.1 percent against the yen to 133.50 yen.

The “No” victory was predicted by several opinion polls, including GPO, Metron Analysis and MRB, whose results were released after the polls closed.

READ MORE: From ‘historic vote’ for Greece's Syriza to #Greferendum: INTERACTIVE TIMELINE (Dari 'undi bersejarah' untuk Syriza Greece untuk #Greferendum: waktu kurun INTERAKTIF) 

Penyokong "Ya" undi berhujah bahawa "Tidak" undi boleh membawa kepada keluar Greece dari zon Euro, dan berpotensi EU.

Proponents of the“Yes”vote argued that a“No”vote may lead to Greece’s exit from the Eurozone, and potentially the EU.


Now: Greeks gathering to celebrate in #Syntagma square in #Athens as #OXI(NO) hits 61%. pic.twitter.com/5yTmw2bpyJ via @g_mastropavlos #Greece

Rundingan antara Greece dan Troika telah terhenti sejak Jun, selepas Eurogroup enggan memanjangkan program bantuan kewangan untuk Greece atau bayaran kelewatan hutang lebih awal.

Greece, yang telah krisis sejak 2009, sepatutnya membuat bayaran pinjaman IMF sebanyak €1.6 billion sebanyak 30 Jun tetapi gagal berbuat demikian. Ia diperlukan untuk membuat satu lagi bayaran utama €3.5 billionuntuk ECB pada 20 Julai.

The talks between Greece and the Troika have been stalled since June, after the Eurogroup declined to prolong a financial aid program for Greece or delay payments on earlier debts.

Greece, which has been in crisis since 2009, was supposed to make an IMF loan payment of €1.6 billion by June 30 but failed to do so. It is required to make another major payment of €3.5 billion to the ECB on July 20.


Anti-penjimatan pengundi 'Tidak' meraikan keputusan pemilihan keluar pertama di hadapan Parlimen Yunani di Syntagma Square di Athens, Greece 5 Jul 2015 (Anti-austerity 'No' voters celebrate the results of the first exit polls in front of the Greek parliament in Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece July 5, 2015 (Reuters/Marko Djurica)

Presiden Perancis Francois Belanda dan Canselor Jerman Angela Merkel akan mengadakan mesyuarat pada Isnin untuk membincangkan akibat referendum Yunani, kata satu kenyataan daripada istana Elysee.

"Mesyuarat itu adalah sebahagian daripada berterusan kerjasama antara Perancis dan Jerman untuk mencari penyelesaian tahan lama di Greece," kata kenyataan itu.

Menteri Kewangan greek Yanis Varoufakis akan mengadakan perbincangan dengan bank-bank negara di kemudian hari Ahad, seorang pegawai Kementerian Kewangan kepada Reuters.

France’s President Francois Holland and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold a meeting on Monday to discuss the consequences of the Greek referendum, said a statement from Elysee palace.

“The meeting is part of the constant co-operation between France and Germany to find a durable solution in Greece,” said the statement.

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis will hold talks with nation’s bankers later on Sunday, a finance ministry official told Reuters.

READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/xnhsio

Perhimpunan bailout referendum 'Tidak' dan 'Ya' mengumpul beribu-ribu di Athens . . .


Penunjuk perasaan perkataan ayat 'Tidak' dalam bahasa Yunani pada dahinya sambil mengibar bendera Yunani semasa demonstrasi anti-penjimatan di Syntagma Square di Athens, Greece 3 Julai 2015 (A protester sports the word 'No' in Greek on his forehead as he waves a Greek flag during an anti-austerity demonstration in Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece July 3, 2015 (Reuters/Yannis Behrakis)

i.Borneo - 2 perhimpunan saingan berlaku di Athens pada hari Jumaat. Polis menganggarkan 25,000 keluar untuk menyokong 'Tidak' kem, yang memerlukan penolakan perjanjian bailout baru dengan pemiutang dalam referendum Ahad ini, manakala 20,000 berkumpul bagi menyokong undi "Ya".

Perdana Menteri Greece, Alexis Tsipras, yang telah memanggil referendum minggu lepas untuk menambah lebih berat kepada kedudukannya berunding dengan pemiutang, menangani "Tidak" demonstrasi di hadapan Parlimen Yunani.

‘No’ and ‘Yes’ bailout referendum rallies 
gather thousands in Athens . . .

Two rival rallies took place in Athens on Friday. Police estimate that 25,000 came out to support the ‘No’ camp, which calls for the rejection of a new bailout deal with creditors in Sunday’s referendum, while 20,000 gathered to back the “Yes” vote.

Greece’s Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, who called the referendum last week to add more weight to his position in talks with creditors, addressed the “No” demonstration in front of the Greek parliament.



Beliau menggesa orang ramai untuk mengatakan dgn "bangga Tidak untuk kata dua dan orang-orang yang mengancam anda," berkata pungutan suara Ahad adalah kira-kira "yang tinggal di Eropah, dan membuat keputusan untuk hidup secara terhormat di Eropah."

He urged the crowd to say a “proud No to ultimatums and those who terrorize you,” saying Sunday’s plebiscite is about “staying in Europe, and deciding to live in dignity in Europe.”


Penunjuk perasaan melaungkan slogan semasa perhimpunan anti-penjimatan di Syntagma Square di Athens, Greece 3 Julai 2015 (Demonstrators shout slogans during an anti-austerity rally in Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece July 3, 2015 (Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis)

Tetapi tidak kira keputusannya, undi akan menjadi "perayaan demokrasi," katanya.

"Tidak" perhimpunan dicemari dengan pertempuran ringkas antara polis dan penunjuk perasaan di dataran di sebelah Syntagma. Pasukan keselamatan terpaksa menggunakan bom tangan setrum dan semburan lada untuk menyuraikan belia agresif beberapa dozen, yang membaling batu dan merosakkan harta benda.

But no matter the outcome, the vote will be a “celebration of democracy,” he added.

The “No” rally was marred by brief clashes between police and protestors in a square next to Syntagma. Security forces had to use stun grenades and pepper spray to disperse a few dozen aggressive youths, who were throwing rocks and vandalizing property.


"Ya" perhimpunan, yang telah diadakan kilometer kurang dari dari "Oxi [Tidak]" perhimpunan, menyaksikan ribuan melaungkan slogan pro-EU.

The “Yes” gathering, which was staged less than a kilometer away from the “Oxi [No]” rally, saw thousands chanting pro-EU slogans.


Penunjuk perasaan memegang bendera raksasa di hadapan bangunan parlimen semasa perhimpunan anti-penjimatan di Athens, Greece, 3 JULAI 2015 (Protestors hold a giant flag in front of the parliament building during an anti-austerity rally in Athens, Greece, July 3, 2015 (Reuters/Jean-Paul Pelissier)

Jumaat adalah hari terakhir berkempen referendum sebelum 5 Julai untuk menentukan jika Greece perlu menerima tuntutan pemiutang 'untuk lebih penjimatan dengan ganjaran lebih banyak pinjaman.

Satu tinjauan yang diterbitkan oleh akhbar Untuk Ethnos pada 3 Julai, hanya 2 hari lebih awal daripada referendum, menunjukkan bahawa "Ya" dan "Tidak" kem berjalan leher dan leher.

Daripada mereka yang ditinjau, 41.5 % peratus berkata mereka akan menyokong terma bailout dan 40.2 % peratus berkata mereka akan menolak mereka, manakala selebihnya masih belum membuat keputusan atau merancang untuk tidak mengundi sama sekali.

Jika undi Yunani 'Ya,' kerajaan sekarang mungkin untuk meletak jawatan dan rakyat perlu menerima langkah-langkah penjimatan yang keras yang dikenakan oleh Troika yang pemiutang.

Pegawai EU dan pembangkang Yunani telah memberi amaran bahawa 'Tidak' undi mungkin akan membawa kepada keluar Greece dari zon euro dan berpotensi EU, meningkatkan soalan mengenai daya maju mata wang euro.

Rundingan antara Greece dan pemiutangnya telah terhenti sejak akhir Jun, selepas Eurogroup enggan memanjangkan program bantuan kewangan untuk Greece atau bayaran kelewatan hutang lebih awal.

Friday was the last day of campaigning before the July 5 referendum to decide if Greece should accept its creditors’ demands for more austerity in return for more loans.

A poll published by To Ethnos newspaper on July 3, just two days ahead of the referendum, showed that the “Yes” and the “No” camps were running neck and neck.

Of those surveyed, 41.5 percent said they would back the bailout terms and 40.2 percent said they would reject them, while the rest remained undecided or planned to abstain from voting altogether.

If the Greeks vote ‘Yes,’ the current government is likely to resign and the people will have to accept the harsh austerity measures imposed by its Troika of creditors.

EU officials and the Greek opposition have warned that a ‘No’ vote would likely lead to Greece’s exit from the eurozone and potentially the EU, raising questions about the viability of the euro currency.

The talks between Greece and its creditors have stalled since the end of June, after the Eurogroup declined to prolong a financial aid program for Greece or delay payments on earlier debts.

READ MORE: Greek solidarity protests across Europe ahead of referendum(protes perpaduan Yunani di seluruh Eropah menjelang ref) 

Demonstrasi kecil yang melibatkan beratus-ratus orang menyatakan perpaduan dengan kem 'Tidak' Greece berlaku di bandar-bandar lain di seluruh Kesatuan Eropah, termasuk di Rom, Brussels, Berlin, Frankfurt dan Warsaw.

Smaller demonstrations involving hundreds of people expressing solidarity with Greece’s ‘No’ camp took place in other cities across the EU, including in Rome, Brussels, Berlin, Frankfurt and Warsaw.


Perdana Menteri Yunani Alexis Tsipras menyampaikan ucapan di perhimpunan anti-penjimatan di Syntagma Square di Athens, Greece, 3 JULAI 2015 (Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras delivers a speech at an anti-austerity rally in Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece, July 3, 2015 (Reuters/Yannis Behrakis)


Penjimatan yang cukup? Greece selepas ketat tali pinggang 5 tahun . . .


Reuters/Yiannis Liakos

i.Borneo - Kesatuan Eropah dan institusi kewangan telah menolak dasar berjimat cermat di Greece sejak 5 tahun lepas. Pengangguran yang tinggi, lebih banyak cukai, berbilion-bilion euro melarikan diri, dan peningkatan dalam kes bunuh diri bermakna Yunani pada hari Ahad perlu memutuskan jika cukup cukup.

Apa yang berlaku?

Pada bulan Januari, Syriza parti berhaluan kiri yang dipimpin oleh Perdana Menteri Alexis Tsipras berjanji untuk menamatkan tahun langkah-langkah penjimatan tanpa meninggalkan zon euro.

Apa yang salah?

Rundingan hutang Greece telah sia-sia selama lima bulan. Pemiutang mahu pembaharuan ekonomi sebagai balasan untuk wang bailout, tetapi Syriza enggan berganjak pada janji-janji pilihan raya utama.

RT menunjukkan anda apa yang telah berlaku kepada ekonomi Yunani semasa era penjimatan.

1 - "Dalam 5 tahun di Greece, kami telah memotong pencen sebanyak 44 % peratus, mengurangkan gaji sektor swasta sebanyak 32 % peratus, memusnahkan pasaran kerja, memecahkan negara kebajikan, berdarah pekerja dan kelas menengah kering dengan cukai, dan mencapai satu dan satu setengah juta menganggur di negara yang mempunyai penduduk yang aktif 6 juta, "kata Alexis Tsipras dalam satu temu bual dengan akhbar Itali Corriere della Sera.

Enough austerity? Greece after 5 years 
of belt tightening . . .

The EU and its financial institutions have been pushing an austerity policy on Greece for the last five years. High unemployment, more taxes, billions of euros fleeing, and an increase in suicides mean Greeks on Sunday have to decide if enough is enough.

What happened?

In January, the left-wing Syriza party led by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras promised to end years of austerity measures without leaving the eurozone.

What went wrong?

Greek debt negotiations have been fruitless for five months. Creditors wanted economic reforms in return for bailout money, but Syriza refused to budge on key election promises.

RT shows you what has happened to the Greek economy during the era of austerity.

1 - “In five years in Greece, we have cut pensions by 44 percent, reduced private sector pay by 32 percent, destroyed the job market, smashed the welfare state, bled employees and the middle class dry with taxes, and reached one and a half million unemployed in a country with an active population of six million,” Alexis Tsipras said in an interview with an Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.


Banner yang  tergantung di hadapan parlimen semasa perhimpunan pro-kerajaan menyeru pemiutang Eropah dan Kewangan Antarabangsa Greece untuk melembutkan pendirian mereka dalam wang tunai untuk pembaharuan ceramah di Athens, 17 Jun 2015 (A banner hangs in front of the parliament during a pro-government rally calling on Greece's European and International Monetary creditors to soften their stance in the cash-for-reforms talks in Athens, June 17, 2015 (Reuters/Yannis Behrakis)

2 - KDNK per kapita Yunani telah jatuh kepada $ 21,700 pada tahun 2014 daripada $ 26,900 pada tahun 2010 dalam dolar Amerika Syarikat semasa, data Bank DUNIA mencadangkan.

2 - Greek GDP per capita has fallen to $21,700 in 2014 from $26,900 in 2010 in current US dollars, World Bank data suggests.


3 - pengangguran Belia telah mencapai lebih daripada 50 % peratus. Kira-kira 55 % peratus daripada mereka yang menganggur adalah di bawah umur 35 thn, menurut UK keusahawanan amal Endeavour.

3 - Youth unemployment has reached more than 50 percent. Around 55 percent of those unemployed are under 35, according to UK entrepreneurship charity Endeavour.


EFI Larentzaki (bawah C), 4 dari seorang ibu yang menganggur, mengambil bahagian dengan 3 anak-anaknya dalam demonstrasi anti-penjimatan pro-kerajaan di hadapan parlimen di Athens Feb 15, 2015 (Efi Larentzaki (bottom C), an unemployed mother of four, takes part with three of her children in an anti-austerity pro-government demonstration in front of the parliament in Athens February 15, 2015 (Reuters/Yannis Behrakis)

4 - 44,8 % peratus daripada pesara Yunani yang hidup di bawah garis kemiskinan. Pencen mereka berjumlah tidak lebih daripada  €665 dan telah dipotong 44-48 % peratus sejak 2010.

4 - 44.8 percent of Greek pensioners are living below the poverty line. Their pensions amount to no more than €665 and have been cut 44-48 percent since 2010.

An elderly man is crying outside national bank branch as pensioners queue to get pensions. by Sakis Mitrolidis #AFP

Pesara berjuang untuk masuk ke cawangan Bank Negara untuk menerima sebahagian daripada pencen mereka di Iraklio di Pulau Crete, Greece, 2 Julai 2015 (Pensioners struggle to enter a National Bank branch to receive part of their pension in Iraklio on the island of Crete, Greece, July 2, 2015 (Reuters/Stefanos Rapanis)

5 - Kadar bunuh diri Yunani melonjak 35 % peratus semasa kemuncak krisis pada tahun 2011 dan 2012. Hampir 80 % peratus daripada kes bunuh diri adalah lelaki. Kadar Greece pernah menjadi yang paling rendah di Eropah, tetapi ia melonjak semasa krisis.

5 - The Greek suicide rate jumped 35 percent during the peak of the crisis in 2011 and 2012. Almost 80 percent of the suicides were men. Greece’s rate used to be the lowest in Europe, but it soared during the crisis.

READ MORE: Austerity to blame for 35% suicide surge in Greece – research(penjimatan harus dipersalahkan kerana 35% peningkatan bunuh diri di Greece - Penyelidikan) 


Berkabung (R) meletakkan bendera Yunani di tempat di mana seorang lelaki yang membunuh diri di dataran pusat Syntagma di Athens, April 5, 2012 (A mourner (R) places a Greek flag at the spot where a man committed suicide at central Syntagma square in Athens, April 5, 2012 (Reuters/John Kolesidis )

6 - Bank of England telah memberi amaran bahawa krisis hutang Greek adalah satu ancaman kepada kestabilan kewangan di UK dan boleh mencetuskan masalah yang lebih luas kepada pasaran kewangan. Nilai pasaran bank-bank Eropah merosot sebanyak lebih daripada €50 billion pada 29 Julai, apabila kerajaan Greece tutup bank-bank di seluruh negara dan pengeluaran tunai harian terhad kepada €60.

6 - The Bank of England has warned that the Greek debt crisis is a threat to the UK’s financial stability and could trigger wider problems for financial markets. The market value of European banks shrunk by more than €50 billion on July 29, when the Greek government closed banks across the country and limited daily cash withdrawals to €60.

READ MORE: Greece closes banks, imposes capital controls (Greece menutup bank-bank, mengenakan kawalan modal) 


Reuters/Stefan Wermuth


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