Greece re-elects incumbent Syriza party
(28 September 2015 – Greece) Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has indicated that Greece needs to move swiftly to pass a first lender review of economic reforms in coming weeks and to start debt negotiations.
Prime Minister Tsipras cemented his position as Greece's dominant political figure on Sunday in national elections in which his Syriza party won 145 of 300 parliamentary seats.
Independent Greeks lawmaker Dimitris Kammenos resigned as deputy infrastructure and transport minister on Wednesday hours after his appointment due to allegations - which he denied - that he posted anti-Semitic and homophobic comments online.
"This mandate is translated into one word; work," Tsipras told his cabinet.
The charismatic Tsipras also told his 44-member cabinet: "I chose you as ministers to govern, and solve people's problems. Not to be on early morning TV chat shows."
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