The phenomenon of exceeding the time is observed even in the process of parliamentary control during which the questioning member of parliament is very rarely limited to the three minutes given by the regulation for his first placement.
By Antonis Anzoletou
Wednesday’s debate in Parliament lasted over six and a half hours. Are political leaders tired once again? Could the process be made shorter and at the same time less tedious? The truth is that they have there are cases where the Prime Minister or the leader of the official opposition have exceeded even one hour on the floor of the Plenary. Especially in discussions of budgets or motions of no confidence, the “counters” have been broken many times. In Wednesday’s debate, the protologies of Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Alexis Tsipras each lasted 45 minutes, Michalis Katrinis 30 minutes, Dimitris Koutsoubas 43 minutes, Kyriakos Velopoulos 40 minutes and Yanis Varoufakis 22 minutes.
But what does he say? regulation of the Parliament? According to article 142A, the prime minister is designated to speak the first time for ten minutes and the presidents of the parliamentary groups five minutes. The prime minister’s answer is set at five minutes, the party leaders’ second speeches at three minutes and the prime minister’s three-minute speech cannot exceed five minutes. Total: One hour. Wednesday’s proceedings lasted an extra five and a half hours, and it is not certain exactly what was impressed on the viewers who decided to watch the entire debate.
Kostas Tasoulas asked the Plenary to approve the decision of the conference of presidents to quadruple the speaking time of the leaders. There is always the tolerance of the presidency, yet all political leaders exploit it to the fullest. After the speeches of the prime minister and the leader of the official opposition, the hall empties, the fatigue is already great, the president protests and the electric bell rings, as the texts that have been written are always long. The same, perhaps to a greater extent, is done in the second editions.
The truth is that the heads of the parliamentary groups are never limited to the subject of the debate. Last week the pre-day debate was about social policy. Very little was finally heard about accuracy and revaluations, since Greek-Turkish Novartis and the elections dominated the discussion when they were raised by Alexis Tsipras. Is normal the political current affairs should concern the Parliament as long as it does not come at the expense of the basic agenda and the quality of the conversation that fatally “overflows”.
Her phenomenon overtime is observed even in the process of parliamentary control during which the questioning Member is very rarely limited to the three minutes allowed by the rules of procedure for his first questioning. Most people forget that the reason they have the minister in front of them is to ask him a question about an issue that concerns society and not to make a purchase. The way in the temple of the Republic to make the dialogue more lively, more direct and less tiring is still being sought. Until some changes are made, perhaps the political leaders should realize how much more attractive they would become if they condensed their speech, avoided tiresome repetitions, while adhering to the regulation.
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