Main opposition PASOK has a strong lead over ruling New Democracy in voter preferences, according to the results of an opinion poll by ALCO that were published in the newspaper "Proto Thema" on Sunday.

   This gave PASOK a 4.1 percent lead over ND, with a total of 31.9 percent against 27.8 percent for the ruling party. Next in line were the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) with 7.5 percent, the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) with 6.5 percent, the Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) party with 4 percent and the Ecologists-Greens with 2.9 percent.

   Questioned about the farmers' mobilisations, 77.8 percent of those asked considered that farmers' demands werereasonable - as opposed to 12.9 percent that considered them unreasonable - but 65.3 percent believed that neither farmers nor any other group of individuals had a right to close roads.

   Asked whether PASOK should trigger general elections via the process for electing the President of the Republic (which requires a majority of 180-plus in Parliament), 51.9 percent replied 'no'.