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Tsipras to receive mandate to form new Greek gov't

Xinhua, September 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

Greece's Speaker of Parliament Zoe Konstantopoulou was received by the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Monday to formally inform him on the composition of the next parliament as it emerged from the final results of Sunday's general elections.

Former Prime Minister and leader of the Radical Left SYRIZA party Alexis Tsipras was due to receive from Pavlopoulos within the next few hours the mandate to form the next government and most likely be sworn in as Prime Minister for a second time in eight months on Monday evening.

As the outgoing Parliament Speaker was holding a meeting with the President, the 41-year old leader was discussing the formation of the new government with Panos Kammenos, the leader of the Right-wing Independent Greeks party (ANEL), the junior partner in Tsipras' first government from January to August.

"On Tuesday or Wednesday the latest the new government will be announced and sworn in," Kammenos said after the meeting with Tsipras.

SYRIZA won 35.5 percent of votes and 145 seats in the next 300-member strong assembly, according to the final official results released by the Interior Ministry.

The conservative New Democracy party garnered 28.1 percent and 75 seats.

The ultra- Right Golden Dawn party followed in the third place with 7 percent of votes and 18 seats.

The alliance of the socialists of PASOK and the Democratic Left won 6.3 percent and 17 seats in the new parliament.

The Communist party KKE won 5.55 percent of votes and 15 seats, while the centrist River (Potami) party got 4.1 percent and 11 seats.

ANEL secured 3.7 percent of votes and 10 seats, while the centre-Left Centrists Union garnered 3.4 percent and 9 seats.

The new government's priority will be the battle for the debt relief and the support of all political parties will be sought in this new effort, Tsipras told media on Monday shortly before talks with Kammenos at SYRIZA's headquarters. Enditem