Party leaders asked PM to put off elections until after new bailout's first review, sources say
Political party leaders attending the luncheon at the presidency on Friday (24/7) asked Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to put off elections under after the new bailout programme is completed and once talks on a road map for relieving Greece's public debt have begun, sources said.
According to the same sources, Tsipras did not reply.
The party leaders also noted that Tsipras could make use of the 'grand' majority of 230 MPs in order to vote for major reforms and urged him not to "surprise" MPs with controversial legislation, such as the expected bill for education.
The issue of Parliament President Zoi Konstantopoulou was also raised and the prime minister was encouraged to take action on this score, while PASOK leader Fofi Gennimata asked him that there be "an end to the targeting" of the opposition by members of the government.
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