Parliament to vote on bill reorganizing public administration

Greek Parliament will vote on Tuesday night on a bill which the government says aims to streamline the administration and promote transparency.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will address lawmakers at 7 p.m. and is expected to respond to main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras who accused him of attempting to control public administration through a transitional provision which abolishes the register of senior public staff.
Tsipras' party, leftist SYRIZA, has submitted a request for a roll call on a series of bill provisions, including the one on the register of senior staff and the creation of a new National Transparency Authority.

The bill which will be voted on this evening sets out to codify, in a single piece of legislation, all the provisions governing the organization, operation and transparency of the government, government bodies and central public...