Parliament rejects censure motion against government, by 153 votes to 127
The Greek Parliament on Saturday rejected a censure motion against the government, with 153 votes against the motion and 127 votes in favour out of a total 280 votes cast.
Announcing the vote, the presidency also read out a letter from the head of the junior partner in the coalition government, Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos, who announced that the MP Dimitris Kammenos has been expelled from ANEL's parliamentary group.
Earlier, Dimitris Kammenos had voted in favour of the censure motion in parliament. In addition to the opposition party MPs, the motion was also supported by independent MP Giorgos Katsantonis. Votes against were cast by 153 MPs of the ruling SYRIZA-ANEL coalition.
Three independent MPs were absent from the session while parliamentary group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) had walked out of the debate, as had Golden Dawn MP Yiannis Sahinidis.
Source: amna-mpa
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