The ruling New Democracy party has submitted its proposal for a planned revision of the Constitution to Parliament, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Tuesday.
Mitsotakis said the plan includes “bold, groundbreaking changes across all fields,” from amending an Article on the criminal liability of ministers, to selecting the leadership of the Judiciary. It also provides safeguards against the imposition of retroactive taxes, and links the civil servants’ protected employment status to performance evaluations.
“This constitutes a roadmap that modernizes public life and the political system, addressing decades-old problems while simultaneously paving the way for the major reforms our country requires as we move forward to the 21st century,” he said on the reforms on a social media post.
The proposals mark the beginning of what will be a lengthy, multistage debate over constitutional reform. Constitutional revisions in Greece require approval through a multi-stage parliamentary process involving heightened majorities before they can be ratified into law.
KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS NEW DEMOCRACY CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION PARLIAMENT
