The meeting of May 13, 2012 under the late President of the Republic, Karolos Papoulias, which Mr Tsipras puts as an example to publicize practices, was not a meeting of the informal council of political leaders on a critical national issue, such as the July 2015 meeting at the July 2015 Constantine Tasoulas.

The announcement of the Presidency of the Republic

“In a statement, former Prime Minister A. Tsipras reminds us that the late President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias has released the minutes of the meeting of political leaders of May 13, 2012.

However, the meeting of 13 May 2012 concerned the direct implementation of the Constitution and in particular Article 37 (3), according to which:

” If the exploratory orders do not commit, the President of the Republic calls on the leaders of the parties and, if confirmed, the inability to form the confidence of the House, it seeks to form a governance by all parties in the House for the Election.

Consequently, we do not have a meeting of the informal council of political leaders on a critical national issue, such as the July 6th meeting, but a meeting of a completely different body provided for in the Constitution on the form of a government.

The Council of Political Leaders is an informal body, it is not provided for in the Constitution and the ones are confidential and so far has never been publicized by corresponding, similar meetings of the past. “