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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-07-14
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[01] Tsipras: SYRIZA's founding conference 'historic milestone' for Left
and democracy
[01] Tsipras: SYRIZA's founding conference 'historic milestone' for Left
and democracy
Alexis Tsipras was elected president of main opposition 'Coalition of
the Radical Left' (SYRIZA) with 74.07 percent of the vote on Sunday,
at the conclusion of a founding conference converting SYRIZA into a
single, unified entity.
Tsipras received 2,477 votes in total, giving him a clear and
uncontestable lead over rival candidates Sissy Vovou (157 votes or 4.69
percent) and Panos Iliopoulos (22 votes or 0.66 percent).
There were 3430 registered voters at the conference and a total of 3,412
votes cast, of which 3,344 were valid votes. There were a total of 68
'invalid' votes and 688 blank votes.
In statements after his election as the new president of the newly unified
'Coalition of the Radical Left' (SYRIZA) party, Alexis Tsipras said the
founding conference held to create the new SYRIZA was a "major step and
a historic milestone for the Left and democracy".
"Three and a half thousand delegates from all over Greece have put
their stamp on the birth of the new. With open and vibrant democratic
dialogue. With clear decisions. We have taken the historic step. From
tomorrow, our new party, men and women together, more united and stronger
than ever, embark on a great and victorious course: To stop the social
destruction and to rebuild Greece," he said.
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