For the first time since the national elections, two members of the coalition differ from the party line, causing a serious rift in the government majority.
Despite the objections of the X. Athanasiou and M. Voloudakis, only M. Giannakou and Ol. Kefalogiannis found the courage to vote against the bill on co-determination which has caused strong social and political reactions.
The sdraft law Voted on the αIn principle only from the Southwest, with the SYRIZA, the KINAL, the Greek Solution and the ΜΕPA 25 to vote against, while «present» said the KKE.
As for the roll call vote on the two controversial articles, the opposition, Kinal and KKE abstained, with Hellenic Solution and MPA25 voting against along with the two female members of the Southwest.
«Mitsotakis keeps the House in quarantine because he fears that he no longer controls ND»
Immediately after the announcement of the result, Koumoundourou made the following announcement:
«The two leaks of the Southwest, which voted alone for the bill on co-determination, fully confirm why Mr. Mitsotakis is keeping the House in lockdown and has abolished roll-call votes under the pretext of the pandemic, refusing to allow MPs to vote even via Webex, while at the same time he opens wide the whole economic and social activity and even proposes the removal of the limit of 100 people for social events.
Because he fears that he no longer controls his party, since even his MPs are opposed to the bills he wants to pass. That's what he feared about co-option, that's what he fears about medicinal cannabis, about the memoranda of understanding with North Macedonia, about labour.
Mr Mitsotakis did not dare to come to defend the co-determination, because he would have had to respond to the extremely serious allegations of Ms Giannakou about «money» spent on this bill and the UN letter of ridicule that she hid. And of course, instead of writing off Mr. Loverdos for his inconceivable statement that the abuser can be a good parent, he covers for him by condoning it.
The Southwest, isolated from everyone in Parliament, has passed the most anachronistic bill on family law, which ignores the best interests of the child and turns it into a suitcase between crossfire between parents.
As for the leaks, if this was done under Syriza, the vast majority of the media would probably see the fall of the government, the Prime Minister's emptying of his office and other things. Today, when ND MPs turn their backs on Mr Mitsotakis and denounce him, it is simply Thursday.».
