– ‘Impossible to understand’ –
Even though many grumbled that the long and technical question they were voting on was impossible to understand, minds for the most part were made up.
Michelis, an 80-year-old first through the doors of a primary school being used for the vote in central Athens, said he too was saying ‘No’ “because they (the creditors) will take us more seriously”.
Theodora, 61, a retired journalist, said she was voting ‘Yes’ because “it’s a ‘Yes’ to the European Union”.
In the largely middle-class Pangrati neighbourhood, voter turnout was high, with even the very elderly making their way determinedly up a flight of 40 steps to reach polling booths.
Summing up the uncertainty felt by around 10 percent of Greek voters, 56-year old Katerina said as she collected her ballot paper: “It is very confusing, it’s very hard, not at all easy to decide.”
She added that she had voted to elect Tsipras, but was disappointed by his failure to strike a deal with the country’s creditors.
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