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With the crisis debate in parliament before the final vote of confidence in the socialist government still ongoing, trade unions and leftist organizations continued their protests of yesterday. The Greek Communist Party gathered its supporters in Syntagma square in front of the Ministry of Finance at six o'clock for a protest rally. The Secretary of the party Aleka Papariga delivered a long speech urging the people not to believe the two biggest parties, PASOK and New Democracy. She said that elections should be held within 20 days in order for the people to elect new leaders. She called for economic protection of the weakest people in society.

An hour later, the rally of union representatives and youth organizations of the radical left SYRIZA and civil servants ADEDY started on Klathmonos Square. Special riot forces had separated both rallies by armoured buses along Stadiou street to prevent collisions between activists from both camps. There was no unrest.

The police feared that SYRIZA and the youth’s communist party had to pay off old scores from October 20 this year. Then young communists had been obliged to protect the union rally outside parliament from provocations in order for the protest to take place peacefully. Only, it did not happen. Boys with black masks and hoods attacked the guarding citizens. They were identified as anarchists, but the next day Aleka Papariga accused members of SYRIZA for the attack.

In the end, nothing dramatic happened in Syntagma square on the day of the vote of confidence in the PASOK Government. GRReporter asked some of the discontented Greeks, "Why are you in the square today?". The answers were alike. "We do not want the people who made us end up here to govern us any longer." "Nobody deserves a vote of confidence. They have to leave power." "There is no future for Greece with these governors. 

In general, the majority of people have no clear position on what the future of Greece should be and they are not able to determine whether the country should remain in the eurozone or not. Now, they just want Papandreou to leave power, but no one could guarantee that the protests would not continue if a new government is formed.