Koufodinas defeated at the polls

Roughly a month ago, just after a bunch of self-styled anarchists ran amok on Voukourestiou Street in downtown Athens, a "leading" yet nameless member of the anti-establishment Rouvikonas (Greek for Rubicon) group heralded the siege of downtown Athens by supporters of November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas. The convicted terrorist's pets were mad because some judges had prevented their master from walking around the streets where he murdered some of his victims.

Smashing windows and grunting, they brandished the lifer's effigy, screaming that he has ownership over the city, like he did over the lives of his victims.
One month later, the overwhelming majority of Athenians responded by electing Kostas Bakoyannis as the city's mayor.
The candidate may have run against a nebulous rival carrying all the baggage dumped on him by SYRIZA, the party that supported him, but...

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