Nikos Dendias will attend Parliament normally and vote on the amendment for the Unknown Soldier. This development comes as a response to earlier rumors that Mr. Dendias was planning to vote by postal ballot.
The absence of Defense Minister Nikos Dendias from the discussion on the Unknown Soldier amendment was commented upon at the start of the Parliament session, which will conclude this afternoon with the roll-call vote requested by the Communist Party. “We’ve been talking for hours and days about the Unknown Soldier, the ‘Unknown Minister.’ When exactly will the procrastinating Defense Minister come to present his amendment on the Unknown Soldier Memorial to the Plenary? Yesterday, we learned that shortly after the Prime Minister’s speech, the responsible Minister Mr. Dendias attended an event at a hotel directly across from Parliament. What prevented him from crossing Amalias Avenue, passing by the Unknown Soldier monument – which he himself declared is a place of unity and solidarity – and the area in front of it that has been linked to the universal demand for justice in the Tempe tragedy, and coming to Parliament to present the amendment?” emphasized PASOK parliamentary spokesperson Dimitris Mantzos, among other things.
