Electoral law bill submitted to Parliament

The draft bill for Greece's new electoral law was submitted Monday to a parliamentary committee for debate, before being put to a vote in a plenary session on January 22.
Before this time, the committee will convene three times - Wednesday, Thursday and Monday.
The new law provides for bonus seats for the winning party.
More specifically, if the winning party receives 25 percent of the vote it will get a bonus of 20 seats, and an additional seat for every additional half a percentage point.
If it wins more than 40 percent, then it will receive a maximum of 50 bonus seats.
The new law will require an enhanced majority of 200 in the 300-seat Parliament for it to be implemented by the next election. Otherwise the simple proportional system will apply and the new law will apply in the elections after the next.
Moreover, changes also stipulate that four...