New Democracy Interim president Evangelos Meimarakis announced that he is running for the party’s presidential seat in the conservative party’s upcoming elections.
Meimarakis has lead New Democracy since early July, when former party president and former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras stepped down from the president’s seat.
“I have been serving since it [New Democracy] was created and I identify with it [New Democracy] during the good times and the bad,” Meimarakis said about the party during a press conference on Thursday. “I have always been present, I have always been in the front lines, in the tough moments like this electoral summer when I accepted to take on the presidency while I knew of the difficulties that existed.”
Meimarakis also criticized those who have deserted New Democracy or have sat on the sidelines while the party has been going through a tough spell.
The interim president officially submitted his candidacy earlier on Thursday, after securing the required number of 50 signatures from members of New Democracy’ Political Committee.
Interested candidates must officially submit their participation in the race by Friday, October 2nd. Kiriakos Mitsotakis, Adonis Georgiadis and Apostolos Tzitzikostas are people who have announced they will run for the presidency but have yet to submit the 50 signatures.
The date of the party’s elections is yet to be determined.
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