With a unique object election of the president of the House, the new Parliament convenes at 12:00.

The meeting will be chaired by the temporary First Vice-President of the Parliament Nikitas Kaklamanis, who 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, he has announced that he is proposing the current president of the Parliament for the position Konstantinos Tasoula.

The new president of the Parliament will be elected with roll call vote 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 the person who received the most votes is elected.

Mr. Kaklamanis will announce the result of the vote and will invite the new president of the Parliament to immediately occupy the chair, from which he is expected to deliver a speech to the “300”.

Election of the presidium of the Parliament

A short time later, the Plenary of the Parliament will meet again, in order to elect the vice-presidents, deans and secretaries of the House, according to the proposals of their Parliamentary Groups.

According to the relevant provisions of the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament (article 6) the first, second and third vice-presidents, two deans and four secretaries come from the most powerful Parliamentary Group. The fourth vice-president, a dean and a secretary come from the second most powerful Parliamentary Group. The fifth vice-president and a secretary come from the third most powerful Parliamentary Group. If the Parliamentary Groups are more than three, a vice-president is elected for each additional Parliamentary Group.

It is noted that their election takes place with the conditions and majorities provided by Article 67 of the Constitution. In particular, the Parliament “cannot decide without an absolute majority of the members present, which can never be less than a quarter of the total number of deputies”, that is, it cannot be less than 75 deputies.

A case of non-election of a proposed vice-president was recorded on 4/10/2015 when the MP Ioannis Aivatidis, proposed by the Golden Dawn, was not elected because he did not gather the required majority, according to article 67 of the Constitution and article 8 paragraph 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament. For the position of 5th vice-president, Mr. Ioannis Aivatidis had received 59 votes, 186 blank and 49 invalid.