Re-elected Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis sworn in

Re-elected Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis sworn in

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in for a second time period on Monday, and in a televised occasion informed the nation’s president that he needs to shortly implement extra reforms.

His cupboard appointments are anticipated in a while Monday.

With 99.6% of the votes counted, Mitsotakis’ New Democracy Party gained 40.6%, in keeping with election figures offered by the Interior Ministry.

With 158 parliamentary seats, the prime minister has an absolute majority within the 300-seat parliament, making his occasion one of many strongest folks’s events within the European Union.

Mitsotakis’ strongest rival, the left-wing Syriza occasion of former head of presidency Alexis Tsipras, acquired 17.8% and now has 48 seats in parliament. The Social Democrats (PASOK) acquired 11.9% and 32 seats, whereas the Communist Party obtained 7.7% and 20 seats.

The far-right Spartiates made it over the three% hurdle to enter parliament with 4.6% or 12 seats.

The presently imprisoned right-wing extremist Ilias Kasidiaris had a robust affect on Sunday’s Greek parliamentary elections from his jail cell, in keeping with media reviews.

Spartiates occasion chief Vassilis Stigas thanked Kasidiaris in the course of the election night.

“The support of Ilias Kasidiaris was the fuel for the election result,” he informed journalists.

Kasidiaris had beforehand failed a number of occasions in courtroom in his bid to face within the elections himself.

He was a part of the management cadre of the far-right Golden Dawn occasion, which was represented in parliament for a few years earlier than the complete management was convicted of forming a prison group and different offences. They have been in jail ever since.

Meanwhile the right-wing populist occasion Elliniki Lisiile garnered 4.5% of the vote for 12 seats, and the ultra-orthodox occasion Niki acquired 3.7% and 10 seats.

The radical left-wing occasion Plefsi Eleftherias obtained 3.2% of the vote for eight seats, simply away from the three% threshold.

Source: www.anews.com.tr