Unconstitutional acrobatics in the local authorities

They return to the municipal and regional councils powers that were transferred in an unconstitutional way to the Economic Committees of the local authorities. But «the compositions of the Economic Committee and the Quality of Life Committee will remain as they are,» Interior Minister M. Voridis told APE-MPE, revealing two aspects of the amendment being drafted following the CoE's decision. Only that the supreme annulment court also touched on the way the commissions are constituted, so their composition should revert to the results of the simple proportional representation. Probably, the minister is trying to comply with the decision of the CoE to the minimum extent, wanting to take advantage of the tight timeframe left by the election period to cancel the amendment under preparation, which, according to him, will be submitted to Parliament on January 17.