ND leader calls for unity, ejection of 'worst gov't'

At a party conference, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on party officials and supporters to join forces to "change Greece" and "get rid of the worst government of the post-dictatorship era."

Accusing the administration of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of lies and arrogance, Mitsotakis said it is ND's duty "to unite people, to persuade them that there is another way."

He also indicated that ND is ready to work with other political forces to achieve its aim, reaching out to Fofi Gennimata and Stavros Theodorakis, the leaders of Democratic Alignment (PASOK) and Potami respectively, who were both in attendance. "The [political] space you represent is ND's historic rival but national necessity has brought us side-by-side, allies against a major challenge," Mitsotakis said to socialist leader Gennimata.

As for Potami, he described the centrist party as a...

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