Economist
November 10, 2011
Greece's latest political drama has yet to come to an end. On November 9th George Papandreou, the prime minister, made his farewell address and headed over to the president’s office. The plan was to submit his resignation and, along with Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy leader, and George Karatzaferis, the right wing LAOS party leader, announce who would be the country’s new prime minister. Yet, as it often happens in Greece, things did not go according to plan.
Things started looking grim when Mr Karatzaferis left the meeting shortly after it began. Visibly upset, he said he was told to wait in one room while the president, Mr Papandreou and Mr Samaras were having private talks in another. Not long after his departure the meeting was adjourned and rescheduled for the following morning.
This came as a surprise to the public, the media and most MPs as sources from Greece’s two biggest parties confirmed they had agreed on the new prime minister. Mr Papandreou also made this clear in his last speech, even dropping hints about his successor. “The new prime minister will be a strong institutional figure”, he said, spurring rumours that Filippos Petsalnikos, the president of parliament, would succeed him.
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