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Amending the Constitution, the basic law of the state, is supposed to be an exalted democratic process which mandates at least fundamental communication and consensus.

'Vote for us to save your home,' the PM will proclaim shamelessly in his campaign stump speeches.

The protocol – tabled in Parliament with the title “Ratification of the Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty for the Accession of the Republic of North Macedonia” - was ratified by an absolute majority of 153 votes.

The country’s admission to Nato was the key issue that determined the strong international push for Athens and Skopje to resolve the decades’ long naming dispute

Those who are today engaging in machinations to secure their handicapped parliamentary majority believed that in democracy everything can happen and be justified.

The move is a bid to end the political uncertainty of whether the government has the constitutionally mandated parliamentary on each and every vote.

Because in our peculiar country there is an underlying current of political instability, it would be best to come to a radical and clear solution now.

This government has repeatedly violated the spirit of the country’s Basic Law and sometimes even the letter.

The change directly affects the government’s former junior coalition partner, Independent Greeks leader PanosKammenos, who is about to lose his fifth MP.

Recent comments by Zaev have fueled criticism that the agreement permits Skopje to interpret it as it sees fit.

Deputy speaker, Tasia Christodoulopoulou said that from now on every bill will be put to a rollcall vote so all 16 independent MPs can speak.

The extreme right benefited from the radicalisation stirred by the national issue in the broader right wing.

The agreement re-names the country Republic of North Macedonia and aims to settle issues of language, culture, and identity.

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

Skopje says that the amendments will be incorporated in the country’s basic law once the Greek Parliament approves the protocol for FYROM’s admission to Nato.

MP Andreas Loverdos says Skopje changed the order of events in the agreement and will incorporate the amendments in its constitution only after the Greek parliament approves FYROM’s Nato accession.

The bill establishes two main criteria for hiring, prior service and academic credentials.

The PM’s remarks were widely viewed as a bid to calm the public and MPs who were positive about ratifying the accord but expressed second thoughts.

Neither Athens nor Skopje confirmed reports that Greece wants to add under UN auspices a protocol clarifying the correct interpretation of the accord’s provisions on language.

Defense Minister Krasimir Karakachanov has demanded that Skopje make clear that it has no claims as regards a “Macedonian language” in Bulgaria (Sofia says it is a Bulgarian dialect).

Alternate Foreign Minister Yorgos Katrougalos responds to FYROM PM Zoran Zaev’s remark that in the future the 'Macedonian language' may be taught in Greek schools.

No constitutional amendment process should be undertaken without the requisite institutional depth, authority, and value. No revision should cater to populist or other types of thinking.

Kammenos yesterday that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was aware of his views on a Plan B for FYROM and US bases, but disagreed. Still, he expressed them in a formal meeting with US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, leaving the impression that he is carving out his own foreign policy,

The discussion on the policy statements of the Greek government continues today with speeches by political leaders, ministers...