© Marko Djurica / ReutersProtesters attend a rally in front of the parliament building, calling on the government to clinch a deal with its international creditors and secure Greece's future in the Eurozone, in Athens, Greece.
Numerous sources earlier speculated that the snap elections may be held in September (13 or 20), other spoke of October, after all the scheduled repayments to international lenders are through.
Local media have been speculating about the possible upcoming announcement since Thursday morning.
Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, in particular, told ERT that this time the election "will not be the same as those of 2012, because now there is agreement, and there is a framework for the recapitalization of banks."
An unnamed Greek official, when asked by journalists if Tsipras could announce snap elections in coming hours, said "everything is possible", Reuters reports.
Energy Minister Panos Skourletis and other politicians have been recently calling for the government to return to the ballot box.
"The political landscape must clear up. We need to know whether the government has or does not have a majority," he told ERT.
On Friday, eurozone finance ministers agreed to a third bailout program for the crisis-stricken country. Athens will receive a total of €86 billion over three years.
The same day, the Greek parliament approved a draft law enacting a third bailout plan. Forty-three members of Tsipras's Syriza party, including former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, voted against the bill or abstained. The party holds 149 seats in the parliament.
Skourletis said that Greek PM should move faster: "I would say elections first, then the party congress."
According to a Syriza lawmaker in the European Parliament, Dimitris Papadimoulis, the elections "whenever they are announced by the government, will provide a stable governing solution."
"My feeling is that Syriza will have an absolute majority," he told Mega TV.
Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has announced he is resigning and has called an early election.
Mr Tsipras, who was only elected in January, said he had a moral duty to go to the polls now a third bailout had been secured with European creditors.
The election date is yet to be set but earlier reports suggested 20 September.
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