Home Speaker Nikitas Kaklamanis (2nd from left), broadcasts the outcomes of the fourth vote for the election of president of the republic, to Konstantinos Tasoulas (l). In his first assertion after his election as Greece’s ninth president since 1974 on Wednesday, former home speaker Tasoulas stated he’ll work towards the ‘harmonious functioning of establishments and unity.’ Tasoulas, 66, the candidate of the ruling conservative occasion, secured 160 votes within the 300-seat parliament. A complete of 276 lawmakers participated within the vote, whereas 24 have been absent, together with all 11 New Left MPs. Within the fourth and remaining spherical of voting, the brink for election was a easy majority of 151 votes. With New Democracy holding 156 seats, Tasoulas’ victory was all however assured. Tasos Giannitsis, supported by the principle opposition PASOK occasion, acquired 34 votes, whereas Louka Katseli, the candidate backed by leftist SYRIZA and New Left, garnered 29 votes. Kostas Kyriakou, the far-right Niki occasion’s candidate, acquired 14 votes. Tasoulas will succeed Katerina Sakellaropoulou, whose time period expires on March 13. [Alexandros Vlachos/AMNA]
