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Prime Minister and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras said that after the second round of the elections for the local administration on Sunday 2, he will meet with President Prokopios Pavlopoulos and ask for the dissolution of parliament and national elections, probably on June 30.
“Although the electoral result solidified SYRIZA’s position as leader in politics, it does not meet our expectations. It was never my habit to ignore this result; I never did and I will not ignore it now,” he said.
“Greeks will decide what happens next,” he said adding that “our devotion to the people is not a tactical choice, but a moral obligation, it is our soul, it is my soul,” he underlined.
“Today’s electoral result gives the main opposition the right to challenge the entire course of the exit from the crisis, and our relief plan for the Greek majority,” Tsipras highlighted; “as a matter of fact they are already doing this.”
The PM said he would “sincerely ask the Greek people for a clear mandate” to implement his plan for the future. The future belongs to the many, and it is to these he addresses himself for support in the snap elections, the SYRIZA leader and prime minister stressed.
Source: ANA-MPA
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