Former Prime Minister of Greece Alexis TsiprasOpposition leader and left-wing Syriza refused to accept an order to form a new government on Tuesday, after his party’s “painful” defeat. in the parliamentary elections on Sunday.
“The correlation of political forces (in Parliament) does not allow a government to be formed,” Tsipras told president Katerina Sakelaropúlu when she tried to hand over the mandate that the law had given to the candidate of the second party. more votes if the first try fails, something that happened yesterday.
Leaving the Presidential Headquarters, where the short-term official and live broadcast ceremony was held, Tsipras admitted in front of the camera that the result of the ballot box was “pain” and “shock” for him.
Syriza came in second with 20%, with less than half of the 40.8% of the ruling New Democracy (ND), premier of conservative Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and significantly less than polls had predicted.
Even with the other two Greek left parties, the Socialists and Communists, Syriza does not have 151 of the 300 parliamentary seats needed to form the government.
But the ND doesn’t have them either, so Mitsotakis also refused to come to an agreement with his rivals after receiving the corresponding order from the president on Monday.He returned hours later. When I do this, He made it clear that he wanted an absolute majority to rule alone in the new legislatures, thanks to a bonus of up to 50 seats for the party with the most votes to be brought on that occasion. The conservative politician said he expects these elections to be held on June 25.
By law, the president now has to entrust the formation of the government to the socialist Nikos Andrulakis, the leader of the third political force, and he also has no chance of achieving the goal.
Sakelaropúlu can finally make a final attempt to summon the leaders of all political parties, or Order the immediate dissolution of the Assembly, call for new elections and appoint an interim Executive Board to lead the country to elections.