By Yannis Anifantis

In the end, the ND MP, Giorgos Karasmanis, voted against the bill on equality in civil marriage, although yesterday after the end of the voting, he was included among those who voted in favor of the relevant bill by the government majority.

According to information, although MP Pella voted through the electronic voting system, never confirmed his vote, which led the House officials to invite him back to the parliament in order to vote in person. He arrived a few minutes later, but opted for the postal vote over the electronic system, signing the two documents.

The mistake seems to have been made “on the way” of the MP’s vote to the count, as although it was checked by 4 employees of the Parliament, it was finally counted as “yes”, although he himself had voted against.

This morning the ND MP was in Parliamentasking to change his vote, which is expected to be done officially within the day. So the bill finally receives on principle, 175 positive voteswhile from K. O of ND the “yes” are limited to 106.

The announcement of the Parliament

“During last night’s vote counting process on the roll-call vote in Civil Marriage Equality Bill, due to obvious blindness, the vote of the MP of Pelli from the ND, Mr. Georgios Karasmanis, which was given to the counting officials with a ballot paper due to the jamming of his electronic card, while it was NO both on principle and in the articles, passed incorrectly, due to an error by a competent employee , as YES. Following this, the error was pointed out and corrected, eventually resulting the YES numbers should be 175, instead of 176″.