Uncertainty remains after House vote on constitutional review

The country is set to enter a new period of political uncertainty after what was seen as a strategic defeat for ruling SYRIZA with the rejection on Thursday by Parliament of its flagship proposal for the country's president to be elected directly by the people.

Parliament voted Thursday on which articles of the Constitution will be revised by the House that will be sworn in after this year's elections. A second and decisive parliamentary vote on the the number of articles to be reviewed will take place next month.

SYRIZA's proposal to revise Article 30 so that the president is elected by the people in the event that Parliament cannot agree on an appointment only garnered 148 votes in the 300-seat Parliament.

Its other much-touted proposal to revise Article 3 on church-state relations was only marginally passed. The motion to revise Article 3 and abolish references...

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