“The
second round of voting concluded with a negative result on the
election of a new Greek President by the Greek Parliament a few
minutes earlier. The only candidate nominated by the coalition
government partners, New Democracy and PASOK, and Greek Prime
Minister Antonis Samaras’ favorite, is the former Foreign Minister
of the Papademos administration, and former EU commissioner, Stavros
Dimas.”
“‘Yes’
to Dimas’ election voted a total of 168 MPs, while 131 blank votes
opposed the election. One MP was not present during the vote.”
“With
168 votes in the second round, the Greek coalition government is
seeking at least 12 additional MPs willing to vote for Dimas in order
for the country not to be driven to snap general elections. The Greek
Constitution states that if a President is not elected, the country
must hold general elections within a month.”
The
whole story and what's at stake:
The
government gathered 8 more votes in the middle of the latest bribery
big scandal:
(http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2014/12/the-greek-justice-rushed-to-close.html)
Two
former members of the neo-nazi party Golden Dawn, Stathis Boukouras
and Hrisovalantis Alexopoulos, voted for Dimas this time! The regime
uses all means to stay in power and avoid early elections.
Some independent MPs in the Greek
parliament declared that the election of the President of Greece
in February 2015 is a different case and left an open door to
approach government until then, having in mind, of course, to
request for some "rewards".
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