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With the positive vote of Katerina Papakosta, Eleni Kountoura, George Mavrota, Thanassis Theoharopoulos, Spyros Danellis, Stavros Theodorakis and Spyros Lykoudes in favor of the Prespa Agreement.
In particular, 153 Members voted ‘yes’ to the Agreement and 146 voted against with their ‘No’. Grigoris Psarianos voted present, while the opposition parties, ND, KINAL, Golden Dawn, KKE, and the Central Affairs Union voted against the agreement. During the voting, Golden Dawn attempted to create a “heated episode”.
The Golden Dawn MP, Mr. G. Barbouousis, whilst invited to vote, shout “No to betrayal”, causing a strong reaction from the House Speaker, Nikos Voutsis, who threatened to cancel his vote.
The marathon session lasted 38 hours which included talks from 200 Members of Parliament including party leaders, whilst the list of speakers were a total of 245 Members registered.
“Parliament meets history in the talk of the Prespa Agreement,” said Deputy Foreign Minister George Katrougoulos, closing the meeting to ratify the agreement.
He categorized ‘hypocrisy’, ‘inaccuracies’ and ‘divisive speech’ within the opposition. He also reiterated that the issues of ethnicity and identity are not defined by international agreements. “Greece can not be a fearful country and condemned to misery, it has a role in the Balkans,” he concluded.
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