New ‘two-day’ Parliament to be sworn in on Sunday

The parliamentary deputies elected in the May 21 general elections will be sworn in at 6 p.m. on Sunday, in the presence of the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou and caretaker prime minister, Ioannis Sarmas.

The new parliament's inaugural session will open with 1st Vice-President of Parliament Nikitas Kaklamanis in the chair, assisted by the four temporary Secretaries, who are the youngest MPs in each party.

Kaklamanis will read out the Order of the Day and submit the names of the 300 elected deputies for the record, as well as reading out the letters sent to the Parliament presidium by the political party leaders regarding which of the three parliamentary seats in which they stood for election they intend to keep.

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos will then be invited to conduct the customary blessing ceremony, after which...