New PR electoral law

[Maik]

New electoral law passes through Parliament with 179 votes
Since the govenrment did not secure 200 votes, the new law will be applied in the elections after next

The coalition government managed to pass its new electoral law bill in Parliament on Thursday evening, with the support of 179 MPs, however it failed to secure the 200 votes necessary so that it would be applied in the next elections. As such, the new law will be applied in the elections after next.

The new law introduces a proportional representation system, abolishes the 50-seat bonus allocated to the party that comes first in the elections and lowers the voting age from 18 to 17 years old.

http://www.tovima.gr/en/article/?aid=816957

[Maik]

Snap elections becoming more possible after Tsipras fails to gain support for proportional representation bill

http://en.protothema.gr/snap-elections-becoming-more-possible-after-tsipras-fails-to-gain-support-for-proportional-representation-bill/

 

[TonyKath]

Greece tinkers with its PR system remarkably often, so much so that I thought it had to have the extra majority every time it changed it and it didn't change till after the next election.  Not so as the article makes out.  I would think it will make a governing majority even more precarious without the "bonus" 50 seats  Can't track down a more detailed summary of the new let yet.

Tony