The Parliamentary Group of the NWD will meet tomorrow under the Kyriakos Mitsotakis, marking the start of the procedures for the Constitutional Review.

A key moment for the country’s political system is tomorrow’s meeting of ND party MPs at 11:00, as the agenda for the Constitutional Review is officially set.

The proceedings will begin with statements by the Secretary of the CS, Maximos Charakopoulos, and the Prime Minister, which will be shown live.

Immediately after the speech of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the party’s rapporteur, Euripides Stylianides, is to present the central proposals of the government majority, paving the way for a wide-ranging debate among the members of the body.

The interest of MPs is particularly high, as more than 40 members have already registered on the list of speakers. The basis of the debate includes 30 articles of the Constitution, which were derived from the synthesis of the Prime Minister’s public interventions and written proposals submitted by at least 50 ND MPs.

The broad participation is confirmed by the fact that about 20 more executives were actively involved in the formulation of the framework through oral contributions, highlighting the collective effort behind the project.

The grid of proposals to be discussed is an updated version of the 2018 proposal, incorporating new data and needs of the time. However, the government clarifies that tomorrow’s presentation does not represent the final and binding position of the party, as the process remains dynamic.

According to government sources, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and ND, with the Constitutional Review process and the articles proposed for revision have 3 objectives:

  • To restore the relationship of trust of citizens towards the state, the institutions, the political system,
  • A functional and effective public administration,
  • A modern Constitution that will answer the challenges of 2026 and not of 1975, given that we have a 50-year-old constitutional charter that has served its purpose, but does not respond to modern challenges, from AI to affordable housing, which the current legislature should take into account.

The process, the government’s intention is to start in Parliament in May, when the relevant proposal will be tabled by the South West (50 MPs’ signatures are required) and then, by decision of the Speaker of Parliament, the Constitution Review Committee will be constituted and start its work, which is expected to happen also in May.

What Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to say tomorrow

According to reports, tomorrow Kyriakos Mitsotakis will make a deep institutional speech at the ND’s CO meeting tomorrow, focusing on the Constitutional Review, which he is treating doubly:

First, as a set of rules that comes to provide a comprehensive solution to issues concerning the functioning of the constitution and public life that come from the past and,

Second, to pave the way for major reforms, as the country moves into the fourth decade of the 21st century.

At the same time, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, according to the same sources, will also give the schedule of the tasks of the Central Committee in view of the Constitutional Review, the Summit of the Southwest on 15-17 May and the election year, which is 2027.

He is, as his colleagues have said, giving weight not to his own position, but to what the ND MPs want to say.

Finally, Mitsotakis is also expected to refer to the awkwardness of the opposition towards the institutional changes we are proposing.

The proposals of New Democracy

To date, New Democracy has put the following provisions for revision in the public debate:

-Article 5 (Free development of personality, personal freedom) to protect the freedom of the individual and his/her safety from artificial intelligence

-Article 16 (Education, art, science) for the establishment of non-state universities

-Article 30 (President of the Republic regulator of the constitution) for only one term, six years, of the President of the Republic

-Article 51 (Election of deputies, electoral law – specifically for postal votes) and Article 54 (Electoral system, Constituencies, State Deputies) for the electoral law

-Article 86 (Prosecution against members of the Government, Special Court) on criminal liability of ministers

-Article 90 (Supreme Judicial Council) on selection of the leadership of the judiciary

-Article 101A (Independent Authorities) on Independent Authorities

-Article 103 (Public Servants) redefining tenure of public servants
In addition, it has raised the following issues:

  • Affordable housing
  • Fiscal “cutter”
  • Functioning of political parties
  • Climate crisis.