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An indirect presidential election is due to be held in Greece by February 2025 for the President of the Hellenic Republic.[1]
Constitutional provisions
[edit]According to Article 32 of the Constitution of Greece, the president is elected for a five-year term by the Hellenic Parliament in a special session at least a month before the incumbent's term expires. The first and second rounds require a supermajority of 200 out of the 300-strong body, dropping to 180 on the third.
As of November 2019, after a constitutional amendment, Article 32, Paragraph 4 of the Greek Constitution which states about the election of the President was changed and the new reform of the paragraph is as follows: If after 3 ballots the president is not elected, the 4th ballot's threshold will drop to 151 votes and the fifth and last ballot would be contested between the two candidates with the most votes and decided by a relative majority. That means that the 6th ballot, in place before that, is removed.[2]
Candidates
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Katerina Sakellaropoulou
[edit]In accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, the outgoing President Katerina Sakellaropoulou is eligible for a second five-year term. She has nontheless been the subject of much criticism, notably both for her alleged inaction on the violations of the rule of law for which the conservative government has been criticized,[3] and her progressive stances on issues like LGBT and refugee rights,[4] by opposite sides of the political aisle. Moreover, during her five-year term, the presidential office suffered an unprecedented loss of popularity.[5][6][7]
Kostas Kyriakou
[edit]The Niki party announced that it will support the candidacy of Kostas Kyriakou, a member of the Greek minority in Albania and a former political prisoner during the regime of Enver Hoxha.[8]
Christos Rammos
[edit]On 4 December 2024, the New Left party proposed that the various left-wing parties rally behind the candidacy of the chairman of the Communications Privacy Authority (ADAE), Christos Rammos.[9] The Communist Party of Greece nevertheless refused to support this proposal, recalling its opposition to the existence of the presidential institution.[10] He himself refused the nomination.[11]
Other potential candidates
[edit]Against this backdrop, many within the ND party are calling for another candidate to be put forward by the Prime Minister for this presidential election, with some party deputies going so far as to call for the appointment of a political figure chosen from the right. In this case, the names of former prime ministers Kostas Karamanlis, Panagiotis Pikrammenos and Antonis Samaras, as well as parliamentary speaker Konstantinos Tasoulas, were mentioned.[12].
The possibility of a candidacy by the Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, is also being put forward within the ranks of the parliamentary majority.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "The presidential election and latent risks". eKathimerini. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ eretikos.gr (25 November 2019). "Πώς θα εκλέγεται ο Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας". eretikos.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Θα επιτρέψει η Πρόεδρος να γίνει κουρέλι το Σύνταγμα;". news247.gr (in Greek). 23 December 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Για την Κατερίνα Σακελλαροπούλου". capital.gr (in Greek). 4 December 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ "Εξαιρετικά αρνητική η άποψη των πολιτών για την Κατερίνα Σακελλαροπούλου". protagon.gr (in Greek). 6 January 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2024..
- ^ "Πού οφείλεται η αρνητική εικόνα της Κατερίνας Σακελλαροπούλου;". lifo.gr (in Greek). 27 January 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2024..
- ^ "Η ρήξη Προεδρίας - Εκκλησίας και οι θεσμικές παρενέργειες: Το παράδειγμα Παπούλια". dnews.gr (in Greek). 8 March 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Ο ΚΩΣΤΑΣ ΚΥΡΙΑΚΟΥ Η ΠΡΟΤΑΣΗ ΤΗΣ "ΝΙΚΗΣ" ΓΙΑ ΥΠΟΨΗΦΙΟΣ ΠΡΟΕΔΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑΣ – Εδεσσαϊκή" (in Greek). 22 December 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ "Χρήστος Ράμμος: Η «αριστερή πρόταση» για την Προεδρία - Η πρόταση Χαρίτση, οι αντιδράσεις Φάμελλου και Τσίπρα". protothema.gr (in Greek). 4 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Ο Χρήστος Ράμμος η πρόταση Νέας Αριστεράς για Πρόεδρο της Δημοκρατίας - «Όχι» από ΚΚΕ". lifo.gr (in Greek). 3 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ Ράμμος: «Δεν επιθυμώ να είμαι υποψήφιος για ΠτΔ – Επικράτησαν οι μικροπολιτικοί υπολογισμοί και οι κομματικές στρατηγικές», TO BHMA, 16 December 2024
- ^ "Ζητείται δεξιός Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας". news247.gr (in Greek). 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Αυτή την Προεδρία ποιος θα την πάρει; Η λύση Σακελλαροπούλου, η έκπληξη Μενδώνη και τo τουρκικό κοστούμι" (in Greek). Naftemporiki. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
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