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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-06-27
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[01] Potami will not support change in electoral law, says party leader
Theodorakis
[01] Potami will not support change in electoral law, says party leader
Theodorakis
The leader of Potami, Stavros Theodorakis, said on Monday his party
will not support the government's proposal for a change in the electoral
system, arguing it will lead to political instability.
"Some SYRIZA-ANEL members accuse us of being stable in our positions. In
reality they're accusing us of having principles, which is unknown to
them," he told the party's parliamentary group, adding that this is not
the first time the issue of switching to proportional representation
has been raised by a party.
"Their slogan is 'first time Left-first time proportional
representation'. Somebody must inform them that the same was done by
[former PASOK minister Akis] Tsohatzopoulos in 1989," he said. "I'll
make a prediction. If we switch to proportional representation, as we
did with the Tsohatzopoulos law in 1989, after a while we'll end up with
a super-enhanced [representation], because of the political instability
that will follow."
He also proposed the creation of a new political reformist body, with
an open leader election, who will emerge through elections throughout
Greece, and in which at least 200,000 people will have to participate.
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