Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras officially met with the President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos and asked for the dissolution of the Greek Parliament and for for the country to hold national elections.
The Greek Prime Minister has officially asked the President of the Hellenic Republic for the disollution of the Greek Parliament and for the country to go on snap elections.
During their discussion in front of the media, Mr. Tsipras said that the reason he wants to have elections is to protect the Greek economy.
Mr Pavlopoulos accepted the Greek prime minister's request.
Greece is now officially in election mode. Shortly after his meeting with the Greek President, Mr Tsipras, along with selected members of his cabinet, presented SYRIZA's plan for the next four years on live tv.
The move incurred criticism from the Opposition. The New Democracy Party released an announcement that said that «Mr Tsipras is now officially an outgoing prime minister. His lies and promises no longer sway anyone».
The announcement also remarked ont he fact that Mr. Tsipra's full presentation of his Party's plan was broadcasted live during public the tv news program of the public television.
«The fact that ERT's news program, instead of news, broadcasted the entirety of SYRIZA's pre-election event, will be remembered as a monument of journalistic shame for public television,» the announcement said.
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