Greek PM Requests Parliament's Dissolution Ahead Of General Elections
Date
4/22/2023 3:12:11 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis requested on Saturday
the dissolution of the parliament ahead of the May 21 general
elections, trend reports citing xinhua .
He announced the news in a televised address to the nation,
after making the formal request during a visit to President
Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
The relevant presidential decree will be issued within the day
and Greece will officially enter pre-election period, Greek
national broadcaster ERT reported.
On Sunday, Calliope Spanou, professor of Administrative Science
at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, who has
served as Greek Ombudsman in the past, will be sworn in as the new
interior minister, the government has announced.
A caretaker minister is appointed ahead of general elections, as
the interior ministry is responsible for conducting the
elections.
Moreover, government spokesperson Giannis Oikonomou was replaced
by State Minister Akis Skertsos.
The ruling conservative New Democracy party won the elections in
July 2019, and is leading in all recent opinion polls.
However, most political analysts agree that due to the way the
Greek electoral system works, it will be difficult to secure a
parliamentary majority in the first ballot.
If a second election round is required, it would be held in
early July at the latest, Mitsotakis said earlier this spring.
The second round would be held under a different electoral law,
which provides for extra seats for the winning party.
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