Vangelis Meimarakis

Conservative New Democracy interim leader Evangelos Meimarakis stormed into the party’s 1st floor headquarters at Syngrou Avenue during the party’s central election committee (KEFE) meeting. He sought out his representative, Theodore Abatzoglou, and said, “Let’s go Theodore! We aren’t going to participate in a procedure that humiliates the party.”

New Democracy (ND) leader Evangelos Meimarakis attended the celebrations for the liberation of the city of Kozani from the Turkish.

Main opposition New Democracy’s temporary leader Evangelos Meimarakis met with the new Parliament President Yiannis Voutsis and discussed about the operation of Parliament.

“I believe that as an experienced parliamentarian, he will protect Parliament’s prestige and we will all contribute to this. It is Parliament that must be expressed and not the government,” Meimarakis said.

Greece’s main opposition New Democracy (ND) party is set to elect its new leader on November 22, the party’s central election committee announced on Thursday.

If a second round of vote is needed, it will be held the following Sunday, on November 29.

New Democracy leader Evangelos Meimarakis on Thusday lashed out at the government accusing Tsipras that he needs to take new measures, in the framework of the memorandum, that has not yet disclosed to the people.

Main opposition leader Vangelis Meimarakis said the conservative New Democracy party would not give the government its vote of confidence during a speech on Wednesday, the last day of the three-day parliamentary debate on the government’s policy statements.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras responded to comments made by interim New Democracy party leader Vangelis Meimarakis in Greek Parliament during a three-day debate the government’s policy statements culminating with a vote of confidence at dawn on Thursday. Tsipras said that the country needs constructive criticism from the opposition parties, not sterile contradiction leading to nowhere.

New Democracy (ND) spokesman Costas Karagounis on Tuesday submitted his resignation to party leader Evangelos Meimarakis for typical reasons.

Evangelos Meimarakis invited Apostolos Tzitzikostas to attend a meeting of the parliamentary group of New Democracy so as to express his views on the programmatic statements of the government, since Mr. Tzitzikostsa is the only candidate for ND leadership who is not a Member of Parliament.

This was decided during a meeting between Mr. Meimarakis and members of New Democracy.

The election committee of New Democracy reconsidered the rejection of Adonis Georgiadis’s candidacy during today’s meeting and decided to accept his submission.