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Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Parliament on Constitutional Revision (video)

Today’s second vote on the articles to be revised - The next Parliament will determine their content

Second vote on Constitutional Revision today: Mitsotakis & party leaders to speak, PASOK to vote “present” while opposition parties to say “Νο”

In the first vote, in July, PASOK and the opposition “sabotaged” any possibility of securing the enhanced consensus of at least 180 MPs that would have allowed the next Parliament to revise the Constitution by a simple majority

The proposal of New Democracy for constitutional revision was submitted to Parliament on the afternoon of Tuesday

PM Mitsotakis, in a post on social media regarding New Democracy’s proposal for Constitutional Revision, spoke of a “Roadmap” that modernizes public life and the political system, addressing decades-old pathologies and opening the way for the major reforms of the next period

Mitsotakis: Constitutional revision at the center of the next electoral battle, we want popular legitimacy for major institutional changes

The Prime Minister stressed that these changes will not be of a “technical nature,” but will constitute a key political issue

Kyriakos Mitsotakis to the New Democracy parliamentary group: “Ministers should treat MPs with respect” – Adonis Georgiadis for Nikos Dendias: “Some people go where they insult us and don’t come here” (Upd.)

Mitsotakis: Reduction in the number of MPs is outside the Constitutional Revision

Constitutional Revision: ND begins shaping the agenda with PASOK as a discussion partner, aggressive statements from SYRIZA and New Left

The main opposition will participate in the discussion to form the necessary majorities — SYRIZA denounces it as a media-driven approach, while the New Left speaks of constitutionalizing disastrous choices.

Marinakis on lifting the permanence of public servants: It will be discussed in the context of Constitutional Revision, if we get there

Evaluation with consequences is necessary, the government spokesperson emphasized, following the Marc poll for Proto Thema

Constitutional Revisions approved: Greeks residing abroad given the right to vote for the first time

Among other revisions, Article 73 allows the public to propose laws for Parliament to vote on, as long as 500,000 signatures are collected

Parliament debate on constitutional revision begins

Articles set to be revised include one on how the President of the Hellenic Republic is elected

PM Tsipras clashes with Mitsotakis in Parliament during debate over constitutional revision

Major opposition party leader Mitsotakis accuses PM Tsipras of trying to bring his leftist activism into the process