Party of Syriza Dissidents to Receive Mandate to Form Coalition Gov't

© REUTERS / Stoyan NenovGreek former Energy Minister and leader of the leftist Popular Unity party Panagiotis Lafazanis (L) listens to Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos during their meeting in the presidential palace in Athens, Greece, August 24, 2015
Greek former Energy Minister and leader of the leftist Popular Unity party Panagiotis Lafazanis (L) listens to Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos during their meeting in the presidential palace in Athens, Greece, August 24, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Led by former Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, the Greek Popular Unity party is made up of 25 lawmakers who broke ranks with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ ruling Syriza coalition on Friday.

A man passes graffiti in Athens, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was heading Tuesday to Brussels for an emergency meeting of eurozone leaders, where he will try to use a resounding referendum victory to eke out concessions from European creditors over a bailout for the crisis-ridden country - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos is expected to provide the newly created anti-austerity Popular Unity party with a mandate to form a new government on Monday, local media reported.

Tsipras announced his resignation on Thursday to pave the way for early elections he hopes will secure support for a third bailout deal with Greece’s creditors.

Tsipras and Syriza swept into power in January on a platform to abolish unpopular austerity measures that have only been strengthened in the recent deal.

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According to the Kathimerini daily, Pavlopoulos is set to give Lafazanis three days to forge a new administration as part of the constitutional procedure following Tsipras’ resignation.

Speaking to reporters over the weekend, Lafazanis ruled out cooperation with other parties over "unbridgeable" differences, effectively conceding that Popular Unity would fail to garner majority support to form a coalition.

The leader of Greece’s second-largest opposition party New Democracy, Evangelos Meimarakis, has failed to take advantage of the three-day mandate to form a 151-majority ruling coalition in the 300-member legislature over the weekend.

Following Tsipras’ resignation, Greece will hold early elections next month, reportedly as early as September 20.

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