On Wednesday the election of the new Speaker of Parliament – “My resignation is an institutional matter,” Tasoulas says

The election of the new Speaker of the House will take place at noon on Wednesday (22.1.25) as announced today Thursday (16.1.25) by the outgoing chairman of the body, Constantine Tasoulas. Constantine Tasoulas who is nominated President of the Republic made known today that . In his place, ND proposes the previous Vice President of the Parliament, Nikitas Kaklamanis, while George Amyras, who was a candidate for MP of Ioannina with the ND will take his seat in the June 2023 elections. “My resignation by a Member of Ioannina is not dictated by any regulation but is a matter of institutional tactics because it is not right to be in the same place, to talk and to embarrass people who do not want to vote for me,” he said. Earlier, the Speaker of the House at the Conference of Presidents informed that today he will submit his resignation and will be announced in plenary, while at the same time informing that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has sent a letter informing that he is proposing that the office of Speaker of the House should elect the Member of the ND Nikitas Kaklamanis. The announcement of his candidacy by the Prime Minister and his letter of recommendation to the Presidency of the House was as Mr Tasulas said, discussing with parliamentary editors what intensified parliamentary procedures. If you missed it 12:50 Thursday 16.01 12:50 Thursday 16.01 06:34 Thursday 16.01 22:25 Wednesday 15.01 Until the election of Mr.Kaklamanis, the President will be the first Vice-President of the Parliament, Giannis Plakiotakis , who is currently absent for this and the seat is chaired by the Second Vice-President of the Parliament George Georgantas .