Proposal of Law, with to which a new obstacle to electability is added in the elections for the nomination of the municipal and regional authorities, the parliamentary group of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, led by its president, Socrates Famello“on the occasion of his candidacy Ilias Kasidiaris for the Municipality of Athens”.

As mentioned in the explanatory report, the provisions of paragraph 1 of article 1 and article 2 of the proposal provide that mayors or regional governors, municipal or regional councilors, councilors of municipal communities or presidents cannot be elected or, once elected, remain municipal communities those who have been convicted of any degree for the crimes of articles 187 (criminal organization) and 187A (terrorist acts, terrorist organization) of the Criminal Code, if they have been committed in the context or under the guise of the action of a political party.

With the provision of paragraph 2 of article 1 of the proposal, it is clarified that, if a person is included as a candidate in a combination for whom the above obstacle applies, the declaration of the combination as a whole and not only the specific candidate is excluded. This provision applies equally both for elementary andby reference to article 52 paragraph 8 of Law 4804/2021, for regional elections.