Of the 268 candidates announced N.D. a few 24 hours ago, “closing” them bulletins of these, 50% are new faces participating in the central political scene for the first time. “X-ray” of candidates who “K” does today gives very interesting conclusions, apart from the general one that the participation of women is 42% and men 58%, and the average age of young candidates is 44 years.

age update

There are only 46 candidates under the age of 35 on the ND ballots, a fairly large number, and in the age group 36-46 there are only 82 candidates, that is, the sum of ages 26-46 is 128 candidates. The youngest candidate N.D. he is 26 years old. These are the gospels of Kosmidou from the prefecture of Evros, her peer Konstantinos Iraklis Andreadakis from the prefecture of Lassithi, and Maria Panoelia, 27, is a candidate from West Attica.

They also try to avoid the beaten track by setting the “new” professions apart from the traditional lawyers, doctors and journalists who usually vote. In the Northern Sector we meet the archaeologist Marianti Mika, in Ioannina Antonia Kortzi, a Byzantine scholar, in Corfu Eva Karidis, a sculptor, and in Lassithi Eleni Vlassi, a director. In Kilkis, the candidate is Anna Sakalaki, a wine farmer who has taken over the family business since 2016 and lives close to the border. In East Attica, the candidate is Magda Kontogianni, a breeder, in Achaia, Athena Trakhili, a veterinarian, and in Sector South, Maria Zaga, a gas station owner. In addition, Kallisteni Paka, a lawyer by profession, is also a probationary nurse for the Greek Red Cross and will be coming to Kilkis, while separate candidates are actor Stavros Nikolaidis and lyricist and music producer Posidonas Yiannopoulos with a presence for the rights of the LGBTQI+ community. Finally, yesterday the candidacy of the former international footballer and member of the 2004 gold team, Yurkas Seitaridis, was announced to run in his hometown of Ioannina.

46 candidates under the age of 35, while there are only 82 candidates in the age group of 36-46 candidates. The participation of women is 42%.

Highway

Mostly N.D. addressed to the so-called middle class. Thus, many people from the market and professors participate in his voting. Typical examples are Fotini Pesmacoglou, the owner of a general travel agency who will be a candidate for A’ Thessaloniki, businessman Marios Dramalis, also in A’ Thessaloniki, Yiannis Bunos in Argolis, Angeliki Avloniti in Corfu who deals with hotels, Maria Tsakiroglu. in Xanthi, who does catering and clothing, Maria Parga-Laturi, who owns a bakery, and Grigoris Tassios, who owns a hotel, both in Chalkidiki and 2 Thessaloniki, where there are businessmen like Nikos Vidalis, who are engaged in clothing.

There are also several professors on the ND bulletins, such as Despina Prinia in the Cyclades, Ph.D. in political communications and strategic media management, Angeliki Delicari in Kavala, Ph.D. AUTH Professor, Department of History and Archeology, Sofia Iliadou Taciu, Professor of Modern Greek Education.

One of the new features introduced by N.D. in the ballots there is what now is a scattering outside the central cities of the prefectures. Urania Katinioti is based in Skopelos, Fotini Melatou from Lemnos and in Evia we have Anastasia Stamatea Vardoulakis from Pili Evia as a candidate. In Piraeus II there is a candidate from Salamina, Panagiotis Puthos, while in Arcadia two candidates “descend” from outside Tripoli or Megapolis: Panayota Golegou from Leonidio and Fotini Dialiani from Astros.

“Available for discussion”

The Prime Minister gave an interview to FM 100 radio station in Thessaloniki during his tour of the capital, in which, among other things, he mentioned the possibility of a debate. “As you know, there are rules governing debates that take place in the pre-election period, obviously all political leaders participate, and of course I can also hold debates at any time, as required by law, so that citizens can be fully informed. on the positions of the parties. Beyond that, however, I want to remind you, as Mr. Tsipras is very insistent on debate, that we have had over 80 debates in Parliament. Moreover, parliament is the place where we cross, I would say, our arguments and our political swords. I don’t think that citizens no longer know either my position or that of Mr. Tsipras,” he concluded. At the same time, the Prime Minister did not fail to comment on the SYRIZA ballots announced 24 hours before the vote, saying that some options “caused laughter” and referred more to the “lumben” ballots” than to the ballots of a party that really wants to claim the golden mean.” Finally, the Prime Minister spoke about the projects implemented in Thessaloniki, recalling that he had visited the city many times since elected Prime Minister, emphasizing the modernization of Northern Greece.