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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-08-21
CONTENTS
[01] Lafazanis leads 'Popular Unity' parliamentary group
[02] PASOK leader Gennimata: Tsipras an 'escapist from responsibility'
[03] Main opposition leader Meimarakis handed mandate to form gov't
[01] Lafazanis leads 'Popular Unity' parliamentary group
Twenty-five SYRIZA deputies on Friday decided to become independent
and form a new parliamentary group "Popular Unity" with Panagiotis
Lafazanis as its leader.
The new parliamentary group outnumbers the third elected party in
parliament Golden Dawn and according to the constitution will receive
the third mandate to form government.
[02] PASOK leader Gennimata: Tsipras an 'escapist from responsibility'
ANA-MPA - Opposition PASOK leader Fofi Gennimata accused Prime Minister
Alexis Tsipras, who submitted his resignation on Thursday and called
for early elections, of being "an escapist from responsibility."
In a written statement, Gennimata said, "Unfortunately, every time it's
time for action, he chooses escape," charging that Tsipras did that once
with the referendum, when the country came face to face with Grexit and
chaos, and now instead of using the political leverage he has through
the stance of political parties and his European partners, he uses the
excuse of his party SYRIZA's split to justify elections.
The opposition leader also called Tsipras and his government "unfit and
unable to negotiate and to improve upon what they themselves signed,"
and called on Greek citizens to support a third way in the elections,
away from both neoliberalism and all versions of leftist populism.
[03] Main opposition leader Meimarakis handed mandate to form gov't
ANA-MPA - President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos gave a mandate
to main opposition leader Evangelos (Vangelis) Meimarakis to form a
government, late on Thursday night, following the resignation of Prime
Minister Alexis Tsipras after a televised statement in which he asked
Greeks to give him a clear mandate in national elections.
Meimarakis received the mandate by email at 00:07 on Friday morning. In
his response letter, he said he would visit the president to receive
the mandate in person, as the Greek Constitution does not foresee the
receipt of an order to form a government through email.
According to ANA-MPA sources, the meeting of the two men will take place
at 10:00 a.m. on Friday.
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