The leader of the center-right opposition party, Evangelos Meimarakis, said at a press conference on Thursday, as quoted by The Telegraph, that Tsipras’s decision to resign was "dishonest."
According to the Greek constitution, the leaders of the opposition have three days to work out whether or not they can come up with a viable parliament. If the leaders of the second and third largest parties in Greece fail to form a new parliament, a caretaker regime can be put in place.
The Telegraph said on Thursday that Meimarakis intended to consult with the Greek centrist POTAMI (The River) party and social democratic party PASOK (Panhellenic Socialist Movement) on the issue of forming a new government.
Tsipras, who has been facing dissent in his anti-austerity Syriza party, announced his resignation on Thursday to open the possibility of early general elections in a bid to secure support for his stand on the new bailout agreement with the country's creditors.
The Eurogroup approved the third, 86-billion-euro ($95-billion) bailout package for Greece on August 14. It stipulates austerity measures such as tax hikes and pension cuts that the Greek population has largely been opposed to. The ruling Syriza party promised to revise the measures after securing victory in the January parliamentary elections.
According to latest media reports, Greece could hold snap parliamentary elections as early as on September 20.
(Sputnik)
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ReplyDeleteRebels from Greece's main party, left-wing Syriza, are to break away and form a new party, Greek media reports say.
Prime minister and Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras stood down on Thursday, paving the way for new elections.
The move came after he lost the support of many of his own MPs in a vote on the country's new bailout with European creditors earlier this month.
Greek media reports say 25 rebel Syriza MPs will join the new party, called Leiki Anotita (Popular Unity).
The party will be led by former energy minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, who was strongly opposed to the bailout deal, reports say.
A list of MPs joining the party published by the Ta Nea newspaper showed that the parliamentary speaker Zoe Konstantopulou and former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis were not among its members.
Both had opposed a new bailout deal, with Ms Konstantopulou highly critical of her former ally Mr Tsipras.................http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34014083
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Syriza-Partei: Linker Flügel spaltet sich ab...
ReplyDeleteDie Gerüchte haben sich bestätigt: Im griechischen Parlament haben sich am Freitag 25 Abgeordnete des linken Flügels von der bisher regierenden Syriza getrennt und eine eigenständige Parlamentsgruppe gebildet.
Chef der Gruppe werde der Anführer des bisherigen Linksaußen-Flügels der Syriza-Partei, Panagiotis Lafazanis, sein. Dies teilte am Freitag in der Früh das Parlamentspräsidium mit.
Volkseinheit
Der Name der eigenständigen neuen Fraktion werde Volkseinheit (LAE) sein, hieß es. Die neue Fraktion im Athener Parlament ist damit die drittstärkste Kraft im Parlament - nach der Syriza Partei mit jetzt nur noch 124 Abgeordneten und der konservativen Nea Dimokratia (ND) mit 76 Abgeordneten..........http://kurier.at/politik/ausland/syriza-partei-linker-fluegel-spaltet-sich-ab/148.236.729
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