Caretaker conservative New Democracy (ND) leader Yiannis Plakiotakis voted for the leadership elections at Agios Nikolaos Crete at 9.30 a.m. in the morning. He said, “Today we are voting for the present and future of our faction. With our vote we are securing union and supporting a common efort for the creation of a large, strong and modern New Democracy. I am sure that we will all do our duty.”

Plakiotakis became caretaker leader following the fiasco of the November 22 party elections that were postponed due to technical problems.

The four candidates running for the leadership are former interim ND leader Vangelis Meimarakis, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Adonis Georgiadis.