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Greek PM quits and calls early polls

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Update: 2015-08-20 22:24:00
Greek PM quits and calls early polls

DHAKA: Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has announced he is resigning and has called an early election.

Tsipras, who was only elected in January, said he had a moral duty to go to the polls now a third bailout had been secured with European creditors, reports BBC.

The election date is yet to be set but earlier reports suggested 20 September.

Tsipras will lead his leftist Syriza party into the polls, but he has faced a rebellion by some members angry at the bailout's austerity measures.

He had to agree to painful state sector cuts, including far-reaching pension reforms, in exchange for the bailout - and keeping Greece in the eurozone.

Greece received the first €13bn ($14.5bn) tranche of the bailout on Thursday after it was approved by relevant European parliaments.

It allowed Greece to repay a €3.2bn debt to the European Central Bank and avoid a messy default.

The overall bailout package is worth about €86bn over three years.

BDST: 0820 HRS, AUG 21, 2015
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