The new Parliament issued from the Sept. 16 general elections will open on Wednesday and deputies will take the oath anticipated by the constitution.
Elections for the Parliament's directorate, including the president, five vice presidents, three rectors and six secretaries, will take place on Sept. 27. Dimitris Sioufas, Minister of Development of the previous government, has been proposed by the ruling New Democracy party and is expected to be elected Parliament president.
Out of the members of the directorate, the 4th vice president, one rector and one secretary will come from the main opposition party and the fifth vice president and one more secretary from the second strongest opposition party.
According to Greek news agency ANA-MPA, the deputies of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) are expected to abstain from the oath-taking ceremony and table a written statement of objection to the religious oath, while the deputies of the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) will request to take the oath "on their honor and conscience."
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' conservative New Democracy party narrowly won re-election on Sept. 16. New Democracy received 152 seats in the 300-member unicameral legislature.
Elections for the Parliament's directorate, including the president, five vice presidents, three rectors and six secretaries, will take place on Sept. 27. Dimitris Sioufas, Minister of Development of the previous government, has been proposed by the ruling New Democracy party and is expected to be elected Parliament president.
Out of the members of the directorate, the 4th vice president, one rector and one secretary will come from the main opposition party and the fifth vice president and one more secretary from the second strongest opposition party.
According to Greek news agency ANA-MPA, the deputies of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) are expected to abstain from the oath-taking ceremony and table a written statement of objection to the religious oath, while the deputies of the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) will request to take the oath "on their honor and conscience."
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' conservative New Democracy party narrowly won re-election on Sept. 16. New Democracy received 152 seats in the 300-member unicameral legislature.
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