Same-sex bill makes waves in ND, SYRIZA

The bill on same-sex marriage has plunged ruling New Democracy and leftist opposition SYRIZA into turmoil.

Indicatively, ND lawmaker Antonis Samaras, a former conservative prime minister, said he opposed the choice of Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis to suggest the solution of abstention to dissenting MPs. 

"For years, politicians have been telling the Greek people that they should not stay away from the elections and vote for the good of democracy. Are we going to tell the Greek people to vote and the MPs and ministers to abstain?" Samaras said on Wednesday.

He said that "the vast majority of society has a crystallized opinion on this issue and added he will reiterate his position in Parliament, "when the time comes."

The question that now arises is whether the intervention of Samaras, which will not be the last as he said, will influence ND MPs and lead to...