PM Tsipras to Present Gov't Proposals for Constitutional Revision on July 24
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will present on July 24 the government’s proposal for a constitutional revision in a public address, ministers who attended a meeting with the prime minister said as they exited Maximos Mansion on Monday.
The presentation will be preceded by a consultation period, during which the government will seek a discussion with the opposition parties and society, Interior Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis and Labour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos said. They also said the revision will include a debate on changing the electoral law to a system of proportional representation.
"The government’s aim is to implement very large and radical changes concerning the constitutional revision. We have decided to set up a team of scientists who will examine this proposal until about July 20, so that on the 24, the prime minister will announce a series of proposals that will confirm they are radical … and will rectify a lot of issues that have to do with the operation of public life, our democracy and our state,” Kouroumblis told journalists.
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