PM expected to reveal candidate for president soon

It is expected to be a matter of days before Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reveals his proposed nominee for the country's next president, with sources indicating that an announcement may follow the submission of the conservative government's new electoral law in Parliament this week.

Rumors are swirling about the possible candidates to replace incumbent Prokopis Pavlopoulos, whose term expires in March. Aides close to Mitsotakis say he insists it will be difficult for opposition parties to justify a possible rejection of his nominee, stoking speculation that the candidate will probably not come from the ranks of conservative New Democracy.

The leader of center-left Movement for Change (KINAL), Fofi Gennimata, who has been supportive of the government on several issues of national significance in recent months, has said the next president should come from the...