President Sakellaropoulou appoints Court of Audit President Sarmas to form caretaker government

President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou met Court of Audit President Ioannis Sarmas on Wednesday and appointed him as the prime minister of a caretaker government that will lead Greece to a repeat round of elections on June 25, in accordance with the Constitution.

Earlier, the president met with the leaders of the political parties elected to parliament in the May 21 elections, who formally confirmed their inability to form a government.

Addressing Sarmas, Sakellaropoulou said that she had already informed the party leaders that she intended to propose him, among the chief justices of the three supreme courts in Greece, giving him the task of forming a government that will carry out the elections.

The Court of Audit president thanked President Sakellaropoullou, stressing that it was a great honour, adding that it was “my constitutional obligation to accept and also my duty as a citizen.”

Swearing in
Sarmas is to be sworn in on Thursday at 16:00, in the presence of the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

Source: amna.gr