Stavros Theodorakis

Confirming that his party would vote against the government in the confidence vote on Wednesday, centrist Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis declared that a vote of confidence in the government was tantamount to support for the Prespes deal but contended that the opposite does not apply. 

Centrist Potami lawmaker Spyros Danellis, who announced on Monday he will support the government in a confidence motion called by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, will be expelled from the party, its spokesman said on Tuesday.

Stavros Theodorakis, founder and leader of the liberal To Potami (The River) party was re-elected with 93.59 percent of the votes at the conclusion of the party's 3rd Congress Sunday.

Theodorakis had no opponents in the leadership contest.

Lawmaker George Mavrotas was elected vice-president of the party.

A sweeping majority of lawmakers with centrist party To Potami voted on Sunday to drop out of the Movement for Change (KINAL) just a few months after the alliance spearheaded by socialist PASOK was founded.

Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis said he is in favor of the deal reached between Athens and Skopje on the decades-long name row on Tuesday, calling it a "necessary first step" that needed to be taken.

To Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis has responded to criticism from conservative opposition leader who said his centrist party, founded in 2014, no longer serves a meaningful purpose.

Parliament's Ethics Committee on Tuesday rejected - with a majority of seven to five - a request for Defense Minister Panos Kammenos to answer to slander accusations.

Parliament's Ethics Committee on Tuesday rejected with a majority of seven to five made up of lawmakers from ruling partners SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) a request for Defense Minister Panos Kammenos to answer to slander accusations.

With the coalition riven by divisions and the government's narrative that Greece is back on track being compromised by a series of crises, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is reportedly looking for new allies from the center-left.

The leader of the new center-left Movement for Change, Fofi Gennimata (second from left), and other key players attend the party's inaugural conference in Athens on Friday.