ATHENS, Dec. 9 (Reuters) – In deciding to move the presidential election, the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras plays his political future on a vote by indirect suffrage which may have an impact on the economic situation and his country and social, which already feeds uncertainty and fueling tensions in financial markets. THE ELECTORAL The presidential election will be played in three rounds at most 17, 23 and 29 December. No parliamentary debate will take place and will vote one after another. It will be prohibited from making any statement on their choice during the elections. Antonis Samaras, the majority of 155 seats out of 300 in the one House of Parliament, needs 200 votes if he wants to have its candidate elected in the first or second round, a two-thirds majority it it will probably be impossible to meet. A third round should be held on December 29, in which 180 votes (three-fifths of the electorate) will be sufficient to refer to the new president. If no candidate is elected in the third round, Parliament must be dissolved within ten days and early elections must be called. Legislative Greek are usually held within four weeks of their convocation. The new Parliament then has 20 days to try to turn elect a president. In this case, the three-fifths majority is sufficient in the first round of voting, a simple majority in the third. More …
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