Greece appoints senior judge as head of caretaker govt till second national election in June
The caretaker Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas
Greece is set to have an interim government prior to a second general election by late June,after an inconclusive ballot last weekend,the presidency announced on Wednesday.
The interim government will be led by a senior Greek judge Ioannis Sarmas.
Sarmaswill soon be formally askedto lead an interim government tasked with organising a second national election by late June, Sarmas reported while citing the Greek presidency.
"President Katerina Sakellaropoulou will receive... Ioannis Sarmas to charge him with forming a government and organising elections," it said in a statement.
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Outgoing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called for a fresh election as early as June 25 after securing his party's biggest electoral triumph in years, but five seats short of being able to produce a single-party government.
The announcement about Sarmas, 66, comes three days after Mitsotakis's conservative New Democracy party secured a 20-point lead over its nearest contender, Syriza, led by leftist Alexis Tsipras, in the national elections on Sunday.
Greece: What happened in Sunday’s election
In Greece, this was the best result for the Greek conservatives since 2007.
Sunday's election reflected widely held electoral perception that credited the party with bringing economic stability back to a nation once known as an EU laggard.
Mitsotakis, 55, on Monday told Sakellaropoulou that he could not form a coalition and called for elections "possibly on June 25".
Under a new electoral law that comes into play in the next ballot, the winner can obtain a bonus of up to 50 seats.
Tsipras, whose party Syriza won 71 seats against Mitsotakis's 146, also refused to form a coalition on Tuesday but has vowed to lead his party into the next battle.
(With inputs from agencies)
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