The New Left will submit its own legislative proposal to legalize the marriage of same-sex couples with full rights and calls on the progressive opposition parties to support it, the KO president said Alexis Haritsis.

In particular, Mr. Haritsis mentions in his statement that “yesterday Mr. Mitsotakis made it clear that he has chosen a side: he announced that the self-evident request for the legal recognition of the marriage of same-sex couples is postponed for the uncertain future. This is the wish of the reactionary wing of the New Democracy, homophobic prejudices and religious reflexes”.

The president of the KO of the New Left notes that “society will move forward”, emphasizing that “the New Left has made it clear from the first moment that in the event that Mr. Mitsotakis backs down, as it eventually happened, we will proceed to submit our own legislative proposal for the legal recognition of the marriage of same-sex couples with full rights. These include, of course, the right to procreation. We will make this commitment a reality.”

He calls on “the parties of the progressive opposition to take a stand and support this proposal so that it becomes the property of Greek society and the law of the Greek state”. He finally states that “the New Left will be the protagonist in this effort. To make the obvious, law. To move forward in a society of inclusion, equality and justice”.