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Tsipras stresses importance of protecting weakest citizens

"What matters at this time is for normality to return to the system, but also to ensure that moves affecting our weakest citizens will be avoided," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday said in a meeting with the Hellenic Bank Association.

"I think it was necessary to make this meeting; there are many items on the agenda," he said.

The prime minister stressed that since there is an institutional gap until the protection of primary residence comes to Parliament, everything in power should be done to ensure the protection of the weakest citizens.

On her part, the president of the Hellenic Bank Association said that "we want that the entire financial system to enter a phase of regularity and normality as soon as possible, to be able to lift any constraints in deposits withdrawal and capital flow."

She said that the "the sooner we can achieve this goal, the better it will be for the recovery potential of the Greek economy."