Greek government faces no confidence vote over wiretaps

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leader of Greece’s main opposition party has filed a no confidence motion in the government over a wiretapping scandal that has stung the center-right ruling party ahead of elections this year. Alexis Tsipras, leader of the left-wing Syriza party, said he submitted the motion “for the defense of democracy, transparency and justice.” He said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis “will be forced to come to Parliament … to give explanations, to be accountable, to answer.”  Lawmakers will vote on the motion after a three-day debate starting Wednesday evening. With 156 of parliament’s 300 seats held by the governing New Democracy party, the motion is not expected to pass.