Doukas: I will not run in the 2027 Parliamentary Elections — I will remain Mayor of Athens

Athens Mayor Haris Doukas has announced his determination to implicit his word astatine the municipality and not tally successful the 2027 parliamentary elections, stating that helium wants to grant the spot placed successful him by the citizens of Athens.

“I americium the Mayor, I’ve said it before, and it is my heavy interest to combat for Athens. The parliamentary elections are successful 2027, and the municipal ones are successful November 2028. I judge it is my work — successful bid to grant the ballot of the Athenians — to beryllium each time done my enactment the antithetic exemplary of governance that the state could besides adopt, utilizing Athens arsenic a affirmative example,” Mr. Doukas said successful an interrogation with Greek TV transmission SKAI.

Mr. Doukas besides referred to his narration with Nikos Androulakis, person of PASOK. “We person a communal goal, and that extremity is to fortify PASOK. We’re combining our efforts. We privation governmental change, truthful we don’t person to perceive Ms. Kövesi accidental each the things she’s saying. That’s what we’re warring for,” helium said.

At the aforesaid time, helium declined to remark connected caller statements by Pavlos Geroulanos and Anna Diamantopoulou, who person been speculated arsenic imaginable aboriginal enactment enactment contenders. “I don’t deliberation it’s close to beryllium mounting deadlines astatine this moment. There is nary President with deadlines,” helium said.

The Mayor of Athens added that PASOK indispensable determination guardant toward its upcoming legislature with unity and without interior strife, truthful that “we tin discuss, analyze, draught proposals that nine tin clasp — truthful the radical tin beryllium co-creators successful this process — successful bid to fortify our corporate effort.”