Without any point of contact his delegation meeting concluded SYRIZA with the Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameos for the crucial question of the vote of expatriate Greeks, as with the relevant bill, which has been put to public consultation, it is proposed to amend the existing provision, so that the voting process in the Parliament can follow.

Mr. Famellos appeared negative in the provision proposed to be voted on, citing a series of issues, including even the vote of domestic electors employed away from home, as in the double elections of May-June happened to many Greeks who worked far from the place of exercising their right to vote.

Sources of the Ministry of the Interior, responding to the objections of SYRIZA, argued, among other things:

With regard to the issue of elections and elections raised by SYRIZA, the subject of discussion currently concerns only one aspect of the process: Whether or not there will be restrictions on the vote of emigrants. The conversation about the electoral law as a whole is not open.

Besides, the current electoral law guarantees the right of the Greeks of the Diaspora to vote and to be elected.

After all, the question to which the parties, and in this case SYRIZA, are called upon to answer is the following:

Do they want just 18,000 people to vote, or do they want a significantly larger number to vote?

Regarding the question of time and space for dialogue raised by SYRIZA, it is pointed out that this same legislation has been the subject of extensive consultation and parliamentary procedure both in 2019 and 2021. It is recalled that this is the third time in the last four years that it has been discussed the specific issue.

Finally, as far as the issue of internal voters is concerned, this is a separate discussion and cannot be included in the same context of the dialogue that is taking place today and is exclusively related to the lifting of restrictions on the voting of expatriate Greeks.