Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas will attend today the election of the presidium of the Parliament.

At 10:30 in the morning, the election of the president of the House, as well as three vice-presidents, two deans and four secretaries from the first parliamentary group in power, a vice-president, a dean and a secretary from the second in power parliamentary group, a a vice president and a secretary from the third most powerful parliamentary group, as well as a vice president from the remaining two parliamentary groups.

In the afternoon, the Parliament dissolves and the pre-election period formally begins.

The president of the National Democratic Party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, once again proposed the MP from Ioannina for the position of Speaker of the Parliament Konstantinos Tasoulafor the 1st vice-president the 1st member of parliament of Athens Nikita Kaklamanisfor second vice-president the deputy of Lesvos Charalambo Athanasiouand for 3rd vice-president the deputy of 2nd Western Attica Athanasios Bura.

The president of SYRIZA-PS, Alexis Tsipras, proposed the MP of Ioannina for the fourth vice-president Meropi Tzoufi.

The president of PASOK-Movement for Change re-nominated the deputy of Arcadia as vice-president Odyssea Konstantinopoulos.

For the position of vice-president, the secretary of the KKE, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, once again proposed the MP of Larissa Giorgos Lambrouliswhile for the position of the 7th vice-president, the president of the Hellenic Solution proposed the 2nd Member of Parliament of Thessaloniki Konstantinos Chita.

After the election of the presidium of the body, it is expected that the Parliament will be dissolved by Presidential Decree, after establishing the impossibility of forming an independent government or a government of cooperation, and the announcement of new elections on June 25, 2023 with the system of enhanced proportionality.

The “300” of the May 21 elections were sworn in

Yesterday, Sunday, before the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the Parliament that resulted from the polls of May 21, 2023 was sworn in.

It is noted that during the recent elections, which were held with the simple proportional system, five parties entered the Parliament, surpassing the relative “threshold” of 3%.

ND with 40.79% which elected 146 MPs, SYRIZA-PS with 20.07% and 71 MPs, PASOK-Change Movement with 11.46% and 41 MPs, KKE with 7.23% and 26 MPs, and the Hellenic Solution, with 4.45% and 16 MPs.

This is the second “fleeting” Parliament in the post-war history of the country, after the also two-day Parliament, which resulted from the polls of May 6, 2012.