A new round of controversy – in high tones – today occurred in Parliament, between a government majority and opposition, in the aftermath of yesterday’s, episodic voting for the establishment of a pre -trial committee against former Ministers Makis Voridis and Lefteris Avgenakis.

Coin Opposition has denounced the process of voting voting as invalidpersonally accusing the Prime Minister of attempting to manipulate and silence his Members, with anti -democratic anti -parliamentary practices.

The chairman of the plenary session, George Georgantas, in his brief intervention, noted that “the use of the letter voting began during the Covid period, all parties have been used by all parties and not just by the ND” and agreed that they should be re -examined and redefined.

“What was done yesterday by the parliamentary majority and personally by Mr Mitsotakis, who imposed the letter vote to check his Members, are black day and stigma for democracy“, His parliamentary spokesman underlined PASOK, Pavlos Christidis and completed:

“It was a parliamentary coup what happened. ND tactics has no limits. And the House Bureau should also take the initiative. Yesterday’s ND decline has no precedent. You put a mine in our democratic system, but we will exercise every institutional, constitutional and parliamentary means to declare voting void and to remain open to the two ministers. “

His parliamentary representative SYRIZA, Christos Giannoulisspoke of ‘Eligibility and violation of any democratic and parliamentary ethics“,” Carnivalist fiasco with the work of the letter vote “and” invalid vote “and stressed that his party” will exercise in every legal constitutional way of parliamentary means to restore democratic functioning in the country “.

Its chairman New Left, Alexis Haritsisaccused the government of ‘yesterday proceeded to a parliamentary coup“And he stressed that” the voting process followed is invalid and cannot be considered to be over. “

“Mr Mitsotakis personally tried to shake his Members, to ensure that their free will not be expressed. Opposition’s work, in addition to denouncing the depreciation of institutions, must also give ways to ensure the legality and institutional validity of the parliamentary process. We will not let this parliamentary coup pass this way, ”said Haritsis.

His parliamentary representative KKE, Nikos Karathanasopoulosasked ‘the Extraordinary convergence of the Conference of the Presidents of the House To discuss the invalidity of the outcome of the vote and to remain open against the two ministers “, noting that” yesterday’s tragic process was, without limits, of the government’s attempt to conceal and relieve them of responsibilities. “

“We will exhaust every possibility of institutional, parliamentary, to prosecute policies involved in the scandal,” Mr Karathanasopoulos added.

Her parliamentary representative Greek solutionConstantine Chitas, spoke of “an unacceptable coup process for another government scandal, which offends both the House and its Members themselves.”

“For a black day in Parliament that should not be repeated,” Nikis’s parliamentary spokesman Spyros Tsironis spoke, stressing that the pressure of MPs’ consciousness offends also offends both themselves and parliamentary institutions.

Her parliamentary representative SauceAlexander Kazamias, spoke “of institutional diversion” and added that “even the outcome of the stood process and cooking is Government’s clear defeatwith almost half of her MPs not wanting to follow Mitsotakis. “

‘Appeared by the result of coup d’etat of this tragic evolution Inside the ND, whose MPs refused to use the letter, “he said.

Her parliamentary representative ND, Makarios Lazaridis, rejected all opposition allegationsarguing that “the parliamentary majority had never stated that it would leave and had made it clear that after the examination of the examination, the debate on a pre -trial one was missing, calling on the parties to withdraw their own proposals and to support the substantial and in -depth investigation”.

“The position of the New Democracy was clear from the outset: it was in favor of the examination and against the pre -trial criticism, precisely because we found that the conditions required for its establishment were not fulfilled. These options were ratified by the Greek Parliament.

The opposition throughout the debate accused the government of intending to leave but eventually the opposite was done. The opposition left while MPs of the Coalition voted, “he said and added:

“And because I heard PASOK President Nikos Androulakis with great care yesterday, addressing the ND side and wondering:” So you stay and vote for the pre -trial or leave and shake the process of voting in the air. ” Eventually the vote was shook in the air himself. Our parliamentary group was present throughout the debate through our parliamentary representatives, our Members and the leadership of the Ministry of Justice. “

“ND united and compact, remains committed to the implementation of the politicians, which the Greek people honored us with its vote,” concluded Mr Makarios.