Greece‘s major opposition SYRIZA celebration on Sunday elected a brief chief after Alexis Tsipras stepped down on Thursday following the celebration’s defeat in final month’s elections, native media reported.
The political secretariat of the left-wing celebration elected Sokratis Famellos, a senior member of the celebration and former power minister, because the momentary chief who will act because the president of the parliamentary group, in response to the ERT public broadcaster.
It stated that the celebration’s congress will convene in September to elect the brand new chief.
Furthermore, a rare congress will convene in November to debate and determine on the restoration course of the celebration will undergo, and future insurance policies the celebration will embrace, in response to the broadcaster.
In the nationwide election held final Sunday that created essentially the most right-wing parliament within the nation since 1974, conservative New Democracy gained 40.55% of the votes and consequently secured 158 of the 300 seats within the parliament.
Though SYRIZA preserved its place as the principle opposition celebration by coming second with 17.84% of the votes and 48 parliamentary seats, the outcomes indicated a serious defeat for the celebration, as confirmed by its leaders as nicely.
The social democratic PASOK celebration got here in third with 11.85% of the votes, which enabled it to safe 32 seats within the parliament.
The nation’s 150,000-strong Turkish minority might be represented by 4 lawmakers, with two of them elected from SYRIZA, whereas two others from the PASOK lists.
The turnout charge in Sunday’s elections was solely 52.82%, down from 61.1% within the May election.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
