Supreme Court gives go-ahead to 36 parties and party coalitions for elections
A total of 36 parties and party coalitions will run in the May 21 national elections, following the Greek Supreme Court’s decision released on Tuesday. Cereport report citing Athens-Macedonian
Of the initial 50 parties, coalitions, and independent candidates that had submitted applications to Section A1 of the Court, 14 parties were rejected, including that of jailed neo-Nazi Ilias Kasidiaris, who founded ‘National Party - Hellenes’ (by a 9-1 vote).
In the same decision, the Court unanimously approved the ‘EAN’ party, whose founder and former Supreme Court vice-president Anastasios (Tassos) Kanellopoulos initially collaborated with Kasidiaris.
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