In total 168 MPs supported the candidacy of the sole Presidential candidate Stavros Dimas, while 131 MPs voted against him and one MP as absent for the vote. This result marks an improvement over the first disappointing -for the government- vote.

In order to avoid snap elections, the coalition government will have to secure the support from a further 12 MPs in order to reach the goal of 180 votes in the Presidential election. Should Parliament fail to elect a new President, then general elections will called, with the 25th of January being the likeliest date.

The coalition government saw MPs Spyros Lykoudis, Grigoris Psarianos, Kostas Giovanopoulos, Christos Aidonis, Mika Iatridi, Panagiotis Melas, Stathis Boukouras and Chrysovalantis Alexopoulos.

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• 2 cups sliced eggplant (approx 2 medium eggplants)
• 2 cups sliced zucchini squash /green or yellow or combination of both (approx 2 medium squash)
• 3 cups sliced potatoes (2 large baking potatoes)
• 1 1/2 cups thinly sliced onions (1 medium sweet white onion)
• 6 large cloves garlic (sliced very thinly)
• 3 cups sliced tomatoes (approx 4 large ripe tomatoes)
• 3 tbsp sliced fresh basil
• 1 cup olive oil
• 1 tsp salt/ 1 tsp fresh ground black pepper
• 2 cups peeled, crushed tomatoes (approx 3 large tomatoes)
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 tsp sugar