The 14th Congress of ONNED It begins today at 18:00 at the Paiania Olympic facilities, marking the starting point of a long course in New Democracy, which will culminate with the party’s conference in April after Easter.
OR Organization comes in a period Pre -election preparation, with the ruling party seeking maximum rally and unity. The conference takes place a day before the 51st birthday of the ND, which will be celebrated this year more limited than With last year’s street party for 50 years on Rigillis Street. At that party, the absence of former Prime Ministers Antonis Samaras and Kostas Karamanlis was strongly commented, followed by the deletion of Samaras. A small party is expected this year for UNNED members, with the participation of party and government officials.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis will present a comprehensive youth strategy, stressing that the government will present a comprehensive youth strategy, stressing that the government It does not proceed with fragmentary measures but to overall policies, with references to the recent announcements of the TIF. He will also send a message against populism, accusing the opposition of cultivating toxicity and fake news.
Indicative is the comment of government sources on the recent visit of European prosecutor Laura Kovesi to Athens, who stressed that Expectations of confrontation with government “They went to the bucket” after her statements about good cooperation with the Greek authorities.
On the occasion of the party’s birthday, the prime minister will call into a rally, recalling the principles of the ND founder and possibly to have historical executives on his side that will give more festive character at the events. In the background, there are discussions about Karamanlis distances and rumors of a new party from Samaras.
Elections for UNNED President at the Conference
The conference is also an organizational milestone: Orpheus Georgiou is expected to be re -elected, with about 2,500 delegates. The organization now has 90,000 members, of which 25,496 new registrations have recently been made. Following are the intra -party elections on November 23 and 30 for DEEP, DIMTO and the emergence of delegates, and the final outcome of the cycle will be the party’s election conference after Easter, from which a new Political Committee will emerge.
In the meantime, Yesterday’s intervention by National Defense Minister Nikos Dendia In favor of satisfying the demand of hunger strikers Panos Rucci for exhumation of his son, he caused strong discussions inside the ND. He made it clear that the issue was solely for justice, but his position was political.
Shortly afterwards, MP Dimitris Markopoulos also in favor of the request, while Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis attacked Zoe Konstantopoulou, characterizing Rucci “a victim of his dispositions”. In a later statement, he stressed that only the competent judge could make a decision, noting that the government should not legalize political approaches.