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It is the government above all which should know that a lack of information in the parliamentary process constitutes a lack of democracy.

Analysts now view PM Alexis Tsipras as the head of a minority government that cannot fully govern despite the recent confidence vote in which it received an absolute majority in parliament.

Within the next 30 days Greece’s creditors or “institutions”, which are currently in Athens to conduct an evaluation, expect the government to have met 16 prior commitments.

Just as he did before coming to power in 2015, Mr. Tsipras revived on different terms an extremely deep polarisation in Greek society and in the political landscape.

A left-wing government ordered that a crowd including families, women and children be teargased in order to break up a peaceful demonstration.

Instead of issuing statements to justify police violence, the government should apologise to the demonstrators who gathered in Syntagma Square for a peaceful protest.

In recent days there have been unprecedented backroom machinations aimed at securing the 151 votes needed to ratify the Prespa Accord.

No normal economy has been saddled with the straight-jacket of huge primary surpluses. No regular economy is subjected to the enhanced surveillance of European institutions and of the IMF.

When SYRIZA in the opposition, a prominent cadre declared that when the party comes to power there will be no reason to have riot police, as citizens would have no reason to protest.

The country’s civil service umbrella union, ADEDY, also backed and attended the protest, during which roads leading Syntagma Square were closed off.

Economic analysts and major financial players are underlining that political uncertainty can have an exceptionally negative impact on the course of the economy.

Upstart MPs without political grounding, ideology or a political viewpoint are ready to do somersaults and switch camp as long as they can even briefly prolong their term in office and harbour the delusion that they save themselves politically.

The report underlines that the sooner the Greek general election is held the better for the immediate prospects of the economy, as it will boost fragile investor confidence.

Greece will continue to be ruled by a government that sacrifices the political stability that the country sorely needs in order to stay in power at all costs.

Kammenos has been replaced by Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, until now Greece’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

At the moment politics is being channeled towards gamblers’ practices and the system of government is slipping into an anomalous situation, comparable to the one that prevailed in the mid-1960s.

Political uncertainty predominates, resulting in the entrapment of and threat to the economy, as Mr. Tsipras would concede.

The German Chancellor and other European partners do not want to have to tackle a Greek question again.

It would be a grave error if the PM were to attempt to stay in power by bending to the dictates of his partner or by seeking the scatterred votes of MPs.

Alexis Tsipras made clear that Defence Minister Panos Kammenos’ stance on the Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement poses a problem for the government’s parliamentary majority.

Tsipras said that if necessary he will seek the confidence vote before he tables for ratification the Greece-FYROM accord.

The government is using its remaining political capital to pass legislation that revives the notorious offsets of arms deals.

His party is crumbling. His MPs and cadres have already joined the Tsipras bandwagon, and Kammenos is feeling the earth move under his feet.

The era of warm embraces between PM Alexis Tsipras and Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos appears to have passed, despite their mutual passion for power.

Either the government will secure the requisite majority to continue its work or it will go to the polls as soon as possible.