“The government should have held elections before signing the Prespes agreement” says Karagounis
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The government should have held elections and reaffirmed its mandate before proceeding to sign an international agreement on a dispute that had remained unresolved for 30 years, main opposition New Democracy shadow justice minister Kostas Karagounis said on Friday.
Instead, he added, it had signed the Prespes Agreement on the name dispute with FYROM with the majority of Greeks opposed and its parliamentary majority in doubt.
“If we add up the views expressed by the political parties, the votes don’t add up,” Karagounis noted, talking to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) radio station ‘Praktorio 104.9 FM’.
“For a national issue that has been unresolved for 30 years, which is so crucial and important, is it conceivable that there should be a hunt for a majority in Parliament, and one that is provisional? Such issues are crucial, you have to always seek true majorities, first among the people and then in Parliament. This is why the government should have held elections on this crucial issue, so that a new parliament with a real majority both among the people and in parliament in order to handle such sensitive issue,” he said.
Source: AMNA