During the big election rally at Omonia square in Athens, Alexis Tsipras, the president f SYRIZA, lashed out at government regarding its economic policy and stressed that Greece needs all its citizens to participate in the voting process and vote for SYRIZA regardless of what they had voted in the previous local and regional elections.

Mr Tsipras said that “This is not a government. This is a blackmailer state, a steamroller. We must stop them. It is a matter of survival. Greece slipped out of their hands and they still have the audacity to pretend to be serious and that they are here to save Greece”.

The president of SYRIZA urged citizens to vote on Sunday so as to put an end to the uncertainty of salaries, pensions and employment, to the uncertainty and insecurity for today and tomorrow, promising to restore the minimum wage to 751 euros for all employees.

Referring to the national development plan presented by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, Mr Tsipras spoke of delirium of election campaign promises made by Mr. Samaras, just a few days before the elections.

He was constantly stressing that SYRIZA from Sunday will unite all Greeks and called everyone to vote for SYRIZA regardless of what they had voted in previous elections stressing that “we will not give away the working class to the Nazis. We will not allow our people to believe that fascism is against the system,”.

Also commenting indirectly the abstinence trend, he asked people to give some time of their life on Sunday so as to change Greece together.

Mr Tsipras promised to protect the primary residence and reduce the price of heating oil, to restore pensions, starting from the lowest, free public health and education, public social security system.

Regarding taxation, he talked about tax relief for small and medium incomes, programs to support farmers, debt settlements for individuals regarding their debts to banks and state.

Finally he talked about claiming the forced occupation loan and the German war reparations, while referring to the privatization he stressed that water is a collective public good and beaches should be open to everyone.