Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-10-17
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[01] Developments in ND president election process
[01] Developments in ND president election process
New Democracy party Organising Committee President Dimitris Sioufas
announced over the weekend that ballot boxes will be set up all over
the country on December 6 for the election of the party's president.
Sioufas stressed that an agreement was reached between the four
contenders for the party's presidency.
He further said that the vote will be open, voting offices will be
created throught the country, where ballot boxes will be set up and
members will be coming to confirm their identity, while citizens will
also have the possibility of submitting applications at that time to
become members.
Sioufas also said that certain charter changes will have to take place
to enable the vote to be carried out that the party's Central Committee
will be proposing and that will be convening a week before the special
congress set for November 7.
Sioufas revealed that apart from the four candidacies for the
presidency submitted to date, others will also be able to submit their
candidacy by Thursday, October 22, that will be accompanied by 50
signatures of congress members.
Party leader Costas Karamanlis has accepted the proposal to stay at his
post until the process for the election of a new president is
completed.
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