Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakisofficially received this monday The commission to form the government after the elections Although Sunday’s legislative election had already done so with a message in favor of calling new elections, “probably June 25.”
Greek president Katerina SakellaropoulouTo the extent that his party, New Democracy, was the clear winner of Sunday’s election appointment, in which he received 40 percent of the vote, he complied with constitutional mandate by empowering Mitsotakis to form a new cabinet.
Mitsotakis took the glove but made it clear that will not delay the process and since he has no chance of reaching an absolute majority, he will return the post this afternoon. The flag will then go to the second most voted formation, Alexis Tsipras’ SYRIZA, which had to settle for 20 percent of the vote.
According to the ERT network, the incumbent prime minister insisted that Greece needs a strong government. He believes that a repeat election will consolidate New Democracy’s majority, as this is a second appointment. The new system that takes back the seat bonus of the party with the most votes.
“It is best for the country to discuss the real problems”Mitsotakis said this Monday he considers Sunday’s election a step forward for Greece in terms of “maturity” as expats are able to participate for the first time and the rate of abstentions has been reduced.
The constitution mandates that new elections be held if the three main parties fail to agree on a majority in Parliament. Although early July was initially sought as the election date, everything indicates that Mitsotakis will take advantage of the momentum of his good results to try to evacuate the ballot boxes as soon as possible and to minimize the time in between.