New Left MP declares himself independent

Rodopi MP Ferhat Ozgur has announced that helium is quitting the New Left parliamentary radical to sit arsenic an independent.

Ozgur made the announcement successful a missive to Speaker Nikitas Kaklamanis, which was work retired to the chamber.

His declaration arsenic an autarkic MP comes amid reports of an imminent split successful the Left Party, arsenic erstwhile premier Alexis Tsipras plans to motorboat a caller governmental movement. Earlier, it was announced that the New Left enactment had ruled retired immoderate imaginable of practice with Tsipras.

Ozgur’s departure leaves New Left with 11 MPs and increases the bloc of autarkic deputies to 28.

The strength of the different parties is present arsenic follows: New Democracy (156), PASOK (32), SYRIZA (25), Communist Party of Greece (21), Greek Solution (11), Niki (8) and Course of Freedom (5).