In a climate of polarization, with the “extremes” of Parliament unleashing divisive and homophobic rhetoric against the bill for equality in civil marriage and procreation for same-sex couples, the debate is progressing, which will culminate tomorrow, Thursday, February 15, late at night with the roll-call vote requested by SYRIZA and for different reasons Niki and Spartans.
The official opposition party’s decision was announced by Sokratis Famellos, saying that “we are submitting a request for a roll-call vote on the principle of the bill because in the face of human rights, hiding is not tolerated”. “The real face of the government has been revealed, which is anything but centrist, it shows what your political identity is,” he said regarding the differences expressed within the ND.
In response, Minister of State Akis Skertsos attacked SYRIZA, saying that regarding the invocation of rights by the main opposition party “I have to mention two names: Kammenos, in the past and Polakis, in the present”. But the association of Niki and the Spartans did not go unnoticed, with the hurried Minister of State commenting on the fact that “Niki, a party that promotes religion, meekness and meekness, is being dragged behind by a party that is being investigated for being a showcase for a criminal” . It is noted that both Nike and the Spartans, as well as the Hellenic Solution, submitted an objection of unconstitutionality which was rejected.
Tomorrow the Samara intervention
Tomorrow’s position of the former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who “leads” the “no”, as well as the interventions of the majority MPs who oppose the “bold but not bold step for Democracy and the Rule of Law”, as he characterized it, is awaited with interest. Mr. Schertsos. The intervention of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is scheduled for the last day of the debate, like the other political leaders and is expected with interest as it will be considered that he can judge the final position of the majority MPs who are still wavering.
The fermentations in order to convince even at the last moment as many of the dissenters as possible are peaking. The most optimistic in the “blue” camp estimate that as the voting time approaches, the negative vote will decrease – they do not rule out that the “no” votes will be below 20 (currently estimated at around 20-25) – while somewhere there – maybe and fewer – they speculate that it will ultimately be abstinence. In any case, the “yes” seems to be moving safely along the 110+ axis, while the positive vote of SYRIZA, PASOK, New Left and Plefsis Eleftherias gives the air of a wide prevalence of perhaps more than 180 MPs. Until the last moment, movements are expected even from “no”, perhaps not to “yes”, which seems more difficult, but to the safe “way out” of “abstention” given to his deputies by Mr. Mitsotakis (it is indicative is the case of Thanos Pleuris, who, according to estimates, seems to be moving towards “abstinence”).
The “no” camp
Apart from Mr. Samaras, Costas Karagounis, Miltos Chrysomallis, Evripides Stylianidis, Theodoros Karaoglou, Vassilis Yogiakas, Andreas Katsaniotis, Anna Karamanli, Maximos Charakopoulos, Costas Giulekas, Thanasis Davakis, Charalambos seem to be moving in the “no” camp. Athanasiou, Dimitris Kyriazidis, Yiannis Paschalidis, Fondas Baraliakos, Stefanos Gikas, Giorgos Karasmanis, Yiannis Andrianos, Fotini Arabatzi, Theofilos Leontaridis.
The “gray zone”
In the “gray zone” of abstinence are currently: Makis Voridis, Yiannis Bougas, Thanos Pleuris, Notis Mitarakis, Kostas Vlasis, Dimitris Markopoulos, Giorgos Stylios, Marios Salmas, Angelos Syrigos, Kostas Katsafados, Nikos Vlahakos, Yannis Tragakis, Manos Konsolas . s Dimoshakis, Christos Kellas, Stelios Petsas, Christodoulos Stefanadis et al.
The trends in SYRIZA, PaSoK
In the PASOK, proportionally, there seems to be a greater “current” of differences, since, according to the picture that emerges, there are at least 14 MPs who are seriously concerned, such as: Evangelia Liakoulis, Panagiotis Paraskevaidis, Stavros Michaelidis, Manolis Chnaris, Apostolos Panas, Naya Grigorakou, Andreas Poulas, Christina Staraka, Odysseas Konstantinopoulos, Tasos Nikolaidis, Eleni Vatsina, Katerina Kazani, Ilhan Ahmed and Burhan Baran.
In SYRIZA, it remains to be seen whether there will be differences from the “Kasselakis line”, which has also raised the issue of party discipline, while the party has also requested a roll-call vote, which makes the position of any dissenters more difficult. Among those whose stance is expected with interest are: Pavlos Polakis, Nina Kasimati, Alexandros Meikopoulos, Miltos Zambaras, while Athena Linou’s reservations about the existing framework of assisted reproduction as a whole, according to her, do not mean that she is against the position of SYRIZA.
Finally, Muslim MPs of the New Left Özgür Ferhat and Zeybek Hossein are expected to express their disagreement with the bill with their vote.
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