Antonis Samaras has announced that Stavros Dimas will be the government's nominee for the country's new President of the Republic
In his public remarks the Prime Minister called Dimas a unifying nominee for the position of head of state and said that he had come to the decision together with the Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos.
Antonis's Samaras's full statement:
"The election of the President of the Republic has lately become a pretext for early elections blackmail. Therefore, while we were financially stable and we finally started to recover, clouds of political instability once again appeared in Greece along with political uncertainty for Greece abroad. The government, as it ought to do, decided to remove this uncertainty and fully restore political stability, speeding up the election of the President of the Republic".
"Besides, the Eurogroup's decision on Monday to approve Greece's credit line and give a technical extension of two months for the conclusion of the new agreement shows that Europe is now realizing that Greece will get to the next day. And this is very positive for the country."
"Therefore, with the election of the President by the Greek Parliament by the end of the month, the clouds will have gone away and the country will be ready to officially enter the post-memorandum era."
"Together with the Deputy Prime Minister, we chose the best candidate for the Presidency of the Republic: Stavros Dimas, a former minister, MP and EU Commissioner, who has been honored with distinctions, especially in the field of Environmental Protection, a man appreciated by Greek society and respected by the international community and who obviously will be a candidate in the three presidential votes, if needed."
"Stavros Dimas is admittedly a person that unites, but also inspires. He unites citizens beyond partisan preferences and inspires seriousness, trust and respect."
"With the election of the new President, Greece - perfectly stable both economically and politically - will be in all respects ready to proceed to the next day; (the day) of calmness, stability and development."
Who is Stavros Dimas?
Stavros Dimas is a veteran politician with New Democracy and former European Commissioner for the Environment (2004-2009).
He has served in a number of ministerial positions in New Democracy governments since the 1980s and is currently the Vice President of the New Democracy party.
While a long-time New Democracy politician, he is less divisive than other potential presidential candidates from the party due to his image as a moderate center-right politician. He also enjoys broad support in Europe and was widely seen as a successful Commissioner for the Environment, promoting issues of sustainability, biodiversity, public health and combating climate change.
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