A Parliament of the Greeks with essentially a term of a few hours is the second time we have in the post-political annals.
In the presence of the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou and the Interim Prime Minister Ioannis Sharma, the new, but short-lived, Parliament of the Greeks of the 10th Presiding Parliamentary Period, which resulted from the national elections of May 21, is sworn in.
The MPs started arriving at the Parliament building shortly after 17:30.
At their seats, each of them found a bag with books on the history of the Greek parliament.
It is worth noting that given the changes that will result from the results of the June 25 elections, some of them are not expected to be in parliament after the end of the new election round.
The deputies will swear, if desired, with a sacrificial oath, on the Gospel or the Koran, and then a political oath will follow.
Afterwards, their oath must be ratified by a signature.
The convocation of the solemn opening meeting of the new Parliament of the Greeks took place at 6 pm, presided over by the First Vice-President of the Parliament, Mr. Nikitas Kaklamanis, assisted by the four temporary Secretaries who are the youngest MPs per party.
First, Mr. Kaklamanis will read the Agenda, he will record in the Minutes the names of the 300 elected MPs and he will inform the House of the letters that the political leaders have sent to the Bureau about which of the three parliamentary seats they were elected to, they chose to keep.
Right away, Mr. Kaklamanis will invite the temporary First Secretary of the Parliament to accompany the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Mr. Ieronymos and the members of the Holy Synod to the Plenary Hall to perform the established consecration.
Afterwards, Mr. Kaklamanis will invite the MPs who wish to stand up and in the presence of the Archbishop and his High Priestly entourage, to take the oath provided for by Article 59 of the Constitution.
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On Monday, at 10.30 in the morning, the Parliament will meet for the “Election of the President of the Hellenic Parliament”.
The meeting will be chaired by the temporary First Vice-President of the Parliament Nikitas Kaklamanis. Initially, he will announce the letters of the presidents of the parliamentary groups regarding the persons they propose for the new President of the Parliament, as the submission of a nomination by a candidate is not admissible.
The leader of the ND and president of the first party in parliamentary power Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in a letter to the Parliament, has announced that he nominates the current Speaker of the Parliament, Konstantinos Tassoulas, for the position.
The new President of the Parliament will be elected by roll call and is required to receive an absolute majority of the entire number of Deputies. If the 151 positive votes are not collected, the voting is repeated and elected with a relative majority.
Mr. Kaklamanis will announce the result of the vote and invite the audited Speaker of the House to occupy the chair.
Then on Monday and after a short break, the Plenary will reconvene in a meeting in order to carry out the election of the Vice-Presidents, Secretaries and Deans of the House by roll call.
The first three Vice-Presidents of the House will be elected by the ND parliamentary group, while the third, fourth and fifth Vice-Presidents will be elected respectively by the Opposition parties, so that there is proportional representation in the Bureau.
For the positions of the first three Vice-Presidents of the Parliament, the ND will propose the MPs Nikita Kaklamanis, Charalambos Athanasiou and Athanassios Bouras, who were also Vice-Presidents in the previous Parliament. SYRIZA MP Meropi Tsoufi. PASOK-KINAL again has Odysseus Konstantinopoulos, as has KKE MP Giorgos Lambroulis. The Hellenic Solution will nominate Konstantinos Chitas for the position of Vice President to whom he is entitled.
After the completion of the election of the Presidium of the Parliament, the new President of the Parliament will adjourn the meeting. An end to the meeting, which at the same time means the completion of the term of the first and only Session of the ITH Presiding Parliamentary Period.
The President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, will then issue the Presidential Decree dissolving the Parliament, will announce the national elections of June 25, 2023 and will set the day of swearing in the K’ Presiding Parliamentary Democracy. The Presidential Decree will be co-signed by the acting Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas and the members of the acting Council of Ministers. The PD will be sent to the Hellenic Parliament in order to be sealed by the Parliament Guard.
Parliament of two days for the second time
A Parliament of the Greeks with a mandate of a few hours, actually days, is the second time we have in the post-political annals. The previous time was the Parliament of May 2012, of the 14th Presiding Parliamentary Period, and since the previous elections, the possibility of forming a government had not arisen.
Source: Skai
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