Greek President Kyriakos Mitsotakis this Monday accused the outgoing prime minister, the conservative kyriakos mitsotakisHis party, New Democracy (ND), formed a new government after winning legislative elections this Sunday. However, the leader of the Conservatives rejected the charge and called for new elections because he believed Consolidate your majority if the elections are held again.
This came as no surprise, as Mitsotakis had made clear the night before his intention to force an early return to the polls in order to gain an absolute majority. “The result showed that the citizens’ approval is there for ND to rule alone,” he defended. “Citizens want a strong governmentWith a term of four years, to carry out bold reforms,” ​​said the outgoing prime minister, who described his party’s victory as A “political earthquake”.
Despite the fact that his administration recently faced massive protests in the streets after the sad 57 people lost their lives in the train accidentwhen he was still reeling from the scandal of wiretapping of journalists and politicians by the Secret Services that was about to topple his executive.
However, New Democracy’s landslide victory, which exceeded 40% of the vote, was not enough to secure an absolute majority that would allow Mitsotakis to govern without having to agree with his opponents. The ND took a more than 20-point lead over Progressive Syriza, the party of former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, which received 20% of the vote. Meanwhile, the socialist PASOK was in third place with 11.46% support, followed by the Communist Party of Greece with 7.3%.
According to the current electoral law, no party has been able to reach the required absolute majority. 45% of the vote, corresponding to 151 seats in parliament, and this would allow him to rule alone. But if the elections are held again, an award of up to 50 seats will be offered to the party with the most votes.
In theory, the baton now passes to Syriza, the party with the second most support in the polls. their leader, Alexis Tsipraswill receive a mandate from the President of Greece to form a government, but even if all three left-wing parties agree to form a coalition government, they may not garner the necessary seats to win an absolute majority. In this case, it is most likely that Sakellaropoulou will name a provisional government in the coming days that will lead the country to new elections in about a month. Greek media pointed this Monday The probable date of appointment is June 25.
“I have telephoned Mitsotakis to congratulate him. There are victories and defeats in battles. Our collective party organizations will meet immediately to evaluate the results. There will be another fight. After said, we should immediately make all the necessary changes. It was reduced to 71 seats15 less than the 2019 election
