Greek MPs hold crunch presidential vote to avert snap polls

Athens

LAWMAKERS in debt-laden Greece will on Monday try for a third and final time to elect a new president and avoid a snap general election that could undermine the country's international bailout.

The definitive round of voting to choose a successor to President Karolos Papoulias comes during last-ditch efforts by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to get the government's candidate elected and avert early polls.

"The Greek people don't want early elections. The Greek people understand where this adventu…