Greece will return to the polls after the latest attempt to form a new government failed

The latest attempt by Greek law to form a government stemming from last Sunday’s parliamentary elections failed this Wednesday, as expected, with which it is now certain that Greeks will have a new date with elections, predictably at the end of June.

After today’s meeting with the leaders of all political parties, the country’s president, Katerina Sakelaropúlu, announced that today she will entrust the president of the Audit Court, Ioannis Sarmás, with the formation A temporary executive that will lead the country until new elections. As reported by public television ERT, the plan is for this executive power headed by Sarmás as prime minister to take office next Friday.

On Sunday, On May 28, a new convocation of the Parliament will be constituted emerged from the legislature, which will be dissolved the next day, Monday, local media report. New elections will be called on the same day.in which the conservative New Democracy (ND) is the prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakisstarts as the favorite after the clean victory he achieved on May 21 with 40.8% of votes. His main rival, the opposition and the left Syriza, only got 20%a “painful” debacle as admitted by its leader, former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

After the candidates of the three parties with the largest number of votes (the social democrats were in third place) returned between Monday and Tuesday without fulfilling the order to form a new government or refused to accept it, the head of state today invited all the leaders to the presidency.

Today’s meeting lasted only half a day, and ended in expected failuresince it was a formal step required by law as a last resort to attempt to form a new executive.

Already on Sunday, after learning the result of the vote, Mitsotakis declared in favor of holding new elections, because in this way he hopes to achieve, based on premium up to 50 seats the party with the most votes that will be represented on that occasion, the absolute majority of representatives to rule alone. The Prime Minister stood for it new elections will be held on June 25.