Opposition parties react to PM’s presidential nominee

Greek opposition parties had mixed reactions to the announcement of Katerina Sakellaropoulou, a top judge, as a nominee for the position of the President of the Republic, with their lawmakers expected to meet on Thursday or in the coming days to decide on their official party position.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis nominated Sakellaropoulou, the head of the Council of State, for the post, in a televised address on state-run broadcaster ERT on Wednesday evening. If her candidacy is approved by Parliament, she will be the first female president in Greece's history and will replace incumbent Prokopis Pavlopoulos, whose term expires in March.

Shortly after the announcement, sources from main opposition SYRIZA accused the premier of "cheapening" the institution of the presidency by using it as PR stunt to divert attention from "the fiasco on Libya and migration."

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