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‘Let My Protesters Go’ — Parliament prez tells top cop

One minor detail is that group was headed to the ... health ministry, not Parliament

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It’s all Greek … to you (!), but we’ll summarize:

Combative Greek Parliament President Zoe Konstantopoulou confronts a high-ranking police officer on a central boulevard outside the legislature and proceeds to “dress him down” over an apparent refusal by police officers to allow a group of protesters near Parliament.
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He tells her he has orders not to allow protesters to enter Parliament, but he can allow a delegation of demonstrators inside if the latter want to post a resolution or to air their demands. Roughly 2,000 protesters, state healthcare workers, took to the streets of central Athens on Wednesday to promote their demands.

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Konstantopoulou, no stranger to controversy, demands she be briefed over security measures and proceeds to lecture him on the merits of a democratic parliamentary system, amongst others.

She then invites the protesters inside Parliament.

One or two details then … emerge: First, the protesters said they were headed to the health ministry, not Parliament, and, when invited to post their resolution, a representative says they didn’t have any such document ready…

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