Former New Democracy prime minister Antonis Samaras has clearly stated for the second time within a few days that he will vote against a bill legalizing same-sex marriage.
At the same time, he sharply criticized the proposal of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis who said that there would be “no voting with party discipline” and that ND MPs who disagree with the bill should abstain from the voting when it comes to Parliament.
“he political class, which for years has urged citizens to turn out and vote, cannot be seen to be encouraging abstention from important issues,” Samaras said.
“For years all politicians have been telling the Greek people that they should not abstain from elections and that they should vote for the good of democracy. So are we going to tell the Greek people to vote and not to abstain while telling parliamentarians and ministers to abstain?” he added.
