Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras leaves his office at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, August 20, 2015. Tsipras is due to meet senior advisers shortly to discuss whether to call early elections to quell a rebellion in his leftist Syriza party, a government official said. REUTERS/STOYAN NENOV
New York Times: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to Call New Elections, Officials Say
ATHENS — Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece will call for national elections on Sept. 20 in a bid to consolidate his power and press ahead with the bailout plan he agreed to this summer with European creditors, government officials said Thursday.
Mr. Tsipras is expected to begin the process by submitting his resignation on Thursday, clearing the way for a vote next month on whether he and his leftist Syriza party should be returned to power with a new mandate.
“We know for sure that we will have elections on the 20th,” said one government minister, who agreed to speak only on the condition of anonymity. “He is going to resign today.”
WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction .... expect turmoil to return to Greece. But unlike the previous election where the primary issue was the financial crisis, the refugee/illegal migration/etc. crisis will also be an issue.
More News On New Elections Being Called In Greece
Greece live: Alexis Tsipras to resign and call September snap election -- The Telegraph
Greek bailout: Alexis Tsipras to 'step down and call snap elections' -- The Guardian
Greek PM to resign, seek snap election in September -- Reuters
Greece crisis: PM Alexis Tsipras quits and calls early polls -- BBC
Greece to Hold Election Next Month as PM Tackles Dissent -- ABC News/AP
Greek premier Alexis Tsipras 'to call early elections for next month' -- Independent.ie
Greek PM to resign, call elections for Sept. -- USA Today
Tsipras to call snap elections for September 20 -- Financial Times
Factbox: Greek constitution on snap elections -- Reuters
2 comments:
Is Tsipras trying to save his political legacy and not get hung?
He does not to tell his political base the facts of life and he does not want to be holding the bag when it crashes.
So he bows out and hopefully let others take the fall saving himself for a comeback as a savior.
Don't know if it is his plan. Just trying to surmise what his plan is?
What is his "plan?" I don't think he had a "plan!!" That's the trouble with leftists. While they control the news media and much of the government bureaucracy and thus are able to get much of their agenda into force, they seem to me to tend not to be very smart.
When Tsipras went before the EU, I predicted the Germans and other creditors would meet each and every demand of his including demands he had not even thought about making!! It seems I was wrong. I thought he and his team would go before the EU with a detailed plan on how Greece was going to exit the EU and the Germans would be left holding an empty bag so to speak.
It seems the Greeks had no such plan in place. Maybe he thought the Germans and others would bow before his manifest magnificence and worship him or something by his mere showing up. Again, leftists seem to not always be very smart.
If he has "plan," I think the plan is to get out before he gets prosecuted, impeached, or some combination of these things. Perhaps he plans to skip the country and has much wealth stashed outside of Greece. More likely I think his plan is simply to avoid being impeached, prosecuted, or both.
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