Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a meeting with Greeks of the diaspora while in London on Wednesday, during which he highlighted the options that Greeks living abroad now have to vote in Greek elections from their place of residence, as well as his government’s emphasis on reforms, ANA reports.
“The Greeks who live abroad….chiefly young people that left Greece in the last decade, now have the option of voting in the national elections from your permanent place of residence, in your case from London, from the United Kingdom,” he noted.
He noted that this had been a pre-election pledge of his government that it had partially succeeded in implementing since it would have preferred broader criteria for determining those given the right to vote from their permanent residence but had “stumbled” on the 200-seat majority needed to make the changes after failing to persuade other political parties to back the changes.
“The brain-drain generation, however, is certainly covered and you can vote, unless there are many special reasons, from your permanent place of residence,” Mitsotakis added while stressing that the general elections will be held in 2023 when the government’s term expires.
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