Whereas the Greek presidency is a largely ceremonial position, opposition events say the nomination of a political conservative represents a missed alternative to construct consensus.
Greece’s conservative authorities has nominated Constantine Tasoulas, the speaker of the Greek parliament, to turn out to be the nation’s subsequent president.
The 65-year-old lawyer and member of the governing centre-right New Democracy celebration served as tradition minister between 2014 and 2015.
The nation’s present president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou — who’s the primary girl to function head of the Greek state — was not nominated for a second time period.
Greek presidents maintain a largely ceremonial position, to which they’re elected for five-year phrases by the nation’s 300 lawmakers, who vote in a course of lasting as much as 5 rounds.
Opposition events criticised the nomination of the comparatively conservative Tasoulas, saying the selection represents a missed alternative to construct consensus.
The ruling New Democracy celebration presently enjoys a slim parliamentary majority with 156 seats, whereas the centre-left PASOK holds 31 seats and the left-wing SYRIZA 26, making this probably the most right-wing Greek parliament since 1974.
Based on a report revealed by the Styles of Democracy Institute in 2024, Greece is turning into more and more autocratic, and even experiencing a “democratic decline.”
Throughout his tenure as tradition minister, Tasoulas pushed for London’s British Museum to return the disputed Parthenon friezes to Athens. The marketing campaign gained the help of human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, who went on to lift worldwide consciousness in regards to the marketing campaign.
The sculptures in query have been faraway from the Acropolis in Athens by British diplomat Lord Elgin within the early 1800s.
The Greek authorities contends that their removing was unlawful, and seeks to reunite them with different Parthenon artefacts displayed in a museum within the Greek capital.
