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Over the weekend, Greece held second round parliamentary elections. Egypt held a presidential runoff. Results of both are suspect. More on Egypt below.
Based on pre-election polls, two dominant parties competed in Greece's election - New Democracy and SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical Left).
Support for Greece's former ruling party, PASOK, collapsed for good reason.
May 6 parliamentary elections favored anti-austerity candidates. Coalition talks failed. On June 17, new elections were held.
SYRIZA campaigned on "tear(ing) up the barbaric (Troika) accord." On Greece's NET TV, its leader Alexis Tsipras said:
"We are being asked to agree to the destruction of Greek society. SYRIZA won't betray the Greek people."
Whatever party emerges first gains an automatic extra 50 parliamentary seats. This provision alone makes electoral results suspect.
As important is how quickly campaign promises fade. Once in power, so-called liberal leftists often govern like right wing counterparts.
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