On Wednesday Greece’s supreme administrative court, The Council of State, decided that a law allowing non-Greeks to vote but also run for office in local government elections, is unconstitutional. It also rejected sections of the 2010 law that naturalised non-Greeks that are permanent residents of the country.
The court found that based on the constitution, only Greek citizens had the right to run for office or vote in prefecture and municipal elections, barring all foreigners. The law could not be applied unless the relevant article of the constitution was amended.
The case has now been referred to the CoS plenum for a final decision.
(source: ana-mpa)
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