As Impeachment Trial Starts, Progressive Democrats Debate Women’s Electability
Bernie Sanders, Liz Warren Face Off Over A Woman’s Ability to Win the White House as Senator Leave Campaigning to Attend the Impeachment Trial's first female president after two opposition parties sided with the center-right government's nomination. Katerina Sakellaropoulou, 63, has served as president of the Council of State, a top administrative court, for the past 15 months.
A government spokesman, Stelios Petsas, on Tuesday said Sakellaropoulou was set to receive"well beyond" the 200 votes needed for herTwo center-left opposition parties have already backed Sakellaropoulou's nomination, raising the total number of lawmakers from parties declaring support to 266. Greece has a historically low level of women in senior positions in politics. In the current cabinet, all but one of the 18 senior positions are held by men. The president holds a largely ceremonial position and serves a five-year term. If elected, Sakellaropoulou will succeed President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, a 69-year-old veteran conservative politician and academic.
That face could launch a thousand ships....the other way!
There goes the neighborhood...
What's that dude's name?