2023 Piraean general election
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Turnout | 58.2% ( 2.6%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Piraean general election was held on 10 September 2023 to vote the formation of a new legislature in the Piraean Senate and its 125 members. It was a snap election convened by the Premier Georgios Konstantinou after the 2023 Piraean regional elections, in which People's Party received majorities in most regions[1]; the election was perceived by the political class as a was of finding exit to the ongoing judicial deadlock.
Prior to the regional elections, government and opposition saw numeros clashes over the renovation of mandates in the General Magistrature of the Judiciary; the LK Minister of Justice, Christoforos Kostopoulos-Kolokotronis, denounced the PSEE's intentions to block the renovation by not providing enough votes in the Senate and using the progressive majority it had on the judiciary branch. The crisis was deepened on March, after the renounce of Kapos-Tanou, magistrate close to the government; shortly after, the Presidency announced the start of negotiations with the government and opposition to renovate mandates and propose changes in the law.
References
- ↑ Panagas, Vassallide-Zurlladi, Malatos, Andrianos, Pavlina, Lazaros (2023-09-07). "The People's Party considers percederation to be terminated". I Naftemporiki.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)