After Sunday’s landslide victory – New Democracy obtained 40.55% of the vote and an absolute majority of 158 of the 300 seats in the Greek parliament – Kyriakos Mitsotakis wasted no time with the inauguration, which took place at the end of this morning Monday took place- fair. Hours earlier, he had been formally mandated to form a government by the Greek President, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, and the names of the new executive were announced late in the afternoon.
The 55-year-old Conservative Prime Minister reiterated that he was aware of the “responsibility” that weighed on his shoulders, recalling that the goal from the start was to form a government alone. The election was rerun after New Democracy failed to win a majority on the May 21 ballot and it was known that, under the rules, the winning party would receive a bonus of 50 delegates on its second trip to the polls.
Source: DN
