CoS: Election vote by foreign nationals unconstitutional

The Council of State 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, and that the law could not apply unless the relevant article of the Constitution was amended. 

The case has now been referred to the CoS plenum for a final decision. 

Commenting on Wednesday, government spokesman Giorgos Petalotis merely noted that the CoS plenum will now rule on the issue, while at the same time defending the law.

Petalotis added 10,000 to 12,000 non-EU foreign nationals voted in October's municipal and regional elections, of which 7,000 were identified as repatriated ethnic Greeks. No non-EU foreign national was elected to office.

source: ANA-MPA