Greek opposition leader calls for ‘immediate’ elections

ATHENS, Greece - The leader of Greece’s main opposition party Saturday repeated his call for “immediate” elections in the crisis-hit country, dampening hopes that the political deadlock could be broken.

Antonis Samaras, the head of the conservative New Democracy party, said a vote should be held by the beginning of December, a scenario that Prime Minister George Papandreou has dismissed as a “catastrophe.”

“We insist on our call for immediate elections,” Samaras said in a highly anticipated television address.

“Our offer remains on the table,” he added, calling for Papandreou to resign and for an early election.   More Read