Nearly half of the respondents to an opinion poll favour rejection of the 'Memorandum 2' by parliament so as to force immediate general elections.

According to a Kapa Research poll, appearing in To Vima newspaper on Sunday, 47.5 percent of the respondents nationwide were in favour of parliamentary rejection of the 2nd Memorandum so that early elections would be held immediately.

The poll, conducted nationwide on June 14-15, also indicated that more than one-third of the respondents, and specifically 34.8 percent, were in favour of ratification so that Greece would receive the next tranche of the EU-IMF bailout loan, while 17.7 percent of those asked declined comment.