The motion of no confidence against the government, jointly submitted by PASOK-KINAL, SYRIZA-PA, New Left, and Plefssi Eleftherias, was rejected [1], [2], [3], [4] by the plenary session of Parliament regarding Tempe.
Out of 300 MPs, 159 (including 158 from the New Democracy party and the independent H. Katsivardas) voted against the motion of no confidence in a roll-call vote. In contrast, 141 MPs from the opposition voted in favor.
According to the Parliament’s regulations, “A motion of no confidence is accepted only if an absolute majority of the entire number of deputies approves it.”
The decision was preceded by speeches from Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the leaders of the opposition parties, during which intense confrontations occurred. The Prime Minister referred to an “instrumentalization of pain,” and the opposition accused him of a “cover-up.”
A recent poll indicated that 8 out of 10 people are largely dissatisfied with the government’s handling of the Tempe incident.
“They aimed to use people’s pain to their benefit, to wield society’s suffering as a tool to criticize the government and to target me personally,”said the prime minister.
For his part, PASOK president Nikos Androulakis emphasized, “It is now a firmly held belief among the Greek people that your government functions as a well-oiled machine of corruption, cover-up, and propaganda.”
The president of the SYRIZA parliamentary group, Socrates Famellos, accused the president of “orchestrating a cover-up plan for the Tempe incident,” making snide comments regarding his absence in last week’s Parliament session, during which the conclusions of the investigation committee were discussed.
Despite its rejection, the proposal signified a rare cooperation between center-left and left-wing parties in anticipation of June’s European elections.
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