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The role of the main opposition party is obviously to check the government. But it bears a much greater weight if the party has adopted a mature stance on the political stage, has conducted a dialogue with society, and has recognised its own errors.

'We have the revelations of the last days that the previous government attempted in a shady manner and with false invoices to fund the government-friendly media.'

Greece cannot afford to tolerate the type of political practices that are being described in excruciating detail in the media.

'That does not mean that the opposition should not do its job, which includes tabling an alternative governmental proposal as it is a shadow government.'

The government and SYRIZA are preoccupied with arguing even as the residents of Mati grapple with the invisible threat under their feet – the asbestos that remains on dozens of properties.

The incident flared up a dispute between the government and main opposition SYRIZA, which claims that the government’s law and order policy has led to a rising incidence of police violence and brutality.

By cultivating a murky identity and wavering between populism and realism, the former PM is attempting to keep his left-wing voters while at the same time wooing disaffected centre-left and centre-right voters.

The issue is the mistakes, incompetence, and provocative complacency of those who did not put a cap on pensions even though they had plenty of time to do so.

In order for the country to transcend the crisis on a solid footing it must definitively abandon the dysfunctions of the past.

'I am committed to fewer taxes, many investments, for good and new jobs, and growth which will bring better salaries and higher pensions in an efficient state' Mitsotakis said.

The cabinet is scheduled to be sworn in on 9 July and the first cabinet meeting is scheduled for 10 July.

'Today we Greeks have a duty to honour our highest right as citizens. We are taking the fate of Greece in our hands and we are choosing the future of our children,' Marinakis said.

If there are only six parties that manage to enter parliament, then New Democracy will quite possibly be able to secure single-party rule.

One hopes that 2019 will not be like 2009 or 2015 and that the political system has learned its lesson, albeit at a high cost.

The charges of the Greek Council for Refugees should be investigated in depth by the competent organs of the state, which must attribute responsibility.

Top politicians – including three former prime ministers – were targeted with allegations of corruption and loads of mud was slung at them.

Sources said that Kalogritsas was unable to receive letters of credit from Attica Bank and from the Public Works Engineers-Contractors Fund (TMEDE).

No other government promised so much only to break one after another of the pledges that it handed out right and left.

'The chances of the climate changing until then are minimal. The opinion polls point to a clear victory for opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis,' the report concluded.

During its four years in power the ruling party created dissatisfaction with the government’s policies in society and a loathing of the government itself.

It is obvious that voters had already condemned the government in their conscience before they did so at the ballot box.

According to official Interior Ministry returns, candidates supported by New Democracy secured a clear lead in six of the seven prefectural run-offs today

The Greek Police Chief has also been spotted and photographed at political party gatherings in the provincial cities of Agrinio and Xanthi. Was he overseeing security as he sat in the first row there as well?

The decimation of the ruling party cannot be intrerpreted as a huge victory for the main opposition party.

'The electoral result does not satisfy me and I will not ignore it…I cannot ignore it. The final verdict is always delivered by the people. I will not escape,' the PM said.

The looming question now is whether the PM will call a general election immediately or wait until October when his term ends in an effort to turn the tide.

The investigating magistrate is responsible for coordinating efforts to track down the other culprits and commence criminal proceedings.

Five months ago Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras inaugurated the metro there with a ticket vending machine that was painted on canvas as a backdrop.

If one factors in the number of impoverished workers and the army of unemployed one realises how unrealistic governmental pronouncements are regarding Greece supposedly having exited the crisis.

This government has instituted measures which previous ones would never have considered. It tied up state assets by handing them over to the Asset  Development Fund, cut pensions, and passed a law lowering the tax-free threshold.

The provision to make many felonies simple misdemeanours will lead to closing about 4,500 felony cases. Thousands of cases involving theft, embezzlement, fraud, and breach of duty will simply disappear.

The government’s slew of handout and social benefits that are designed to lure voters does not appear to have substantially improved SYRIZA’s polling numbers.

Given the current impasse and the dark electoral projections the only card the PM has left is snap elections.

The Left has always been proud of its moral stance. That moral stance was demolished by the left-wing SYRIZA government.