Elections 2023: Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Alexis Tsipras on break before “war” – Newsbomb – News

Hours before polling began, political leaders were smiling and cheerfully chatting with their allies and accredited journalists.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who was in good spirits at an informal meeting with political editors, was now told that after recent developments and upbeat polls, the odds in the race for the new democracy’s victory had narrowed considerably. “Let’s bet early,” he jokingly commented, with the gap with Syriza up to 7 points.

The leader of the New Democracy also mentioned TikTok, which helps his campaign, characterizing this medium as good for “sending calm but serious messages”, of course, “it applies to you and you can support”.

On Saturday night, given tomorrow’s important match, he would spend it as he said he would, except not to say whether he would go out or stay home with his family, as usual.

Asked about the “madness” he heard from citizens during his election campaign, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said… A request to build a chapel for the Twelve so that they could perform their religious duties there! “There are many ancient temples all over the country,” he replied to the citizen.

In this loose discussion, of course, references were also made to sporting events, with the Prime Minister pointing to Olympiacos’ qualification for the EuroLeague finals as a “distraction” from Sunday night’s elections. Highlighting the major development of signatures that “fell in” yesterday for Panathinaikos’ new stadium in Votanikos, it characterized it as a “major development”.

Finally, asked Newsbomb.gr If he had any praise for the issue of Freddy Peleri, a foreigner held in Albanian prisons, the prime minister was content to say he hoped “everything will go well”.

Alexis Tsipras: “We should expect reports after 11pm.”

Optimistic about tomorrow’s outcome, Alexis Tsipras welcomed the political editors covering the SYRIZA-PS manifesto at a restaurant in Piraeus at a regular meeting ahead of the elections.

Al is in a relaxed mood. Tsipras, who commented that he was at the headquarters of Olympiakos, who will compete in the final four tomorrow, said meaningfully that reports should be expected after 11pm.

He spoke of the “intense” pre-election period with several rallies and interviews and thanked journalists who “ran” with him.

Nikos Androlakis in Rokhtia, Heraklion

PASOK-KINAL’s leader, Nikos Androulakis, is in Heraklion ahead of the elections, choosing to stay at a restaurant in Roktia, where he had lunch with journalists, candidates and local party officials.

Mr. Androulakis had the opportunity to have a relaxed conversation with the participants and taste Cretan meze and chikoudi in a relaxed atmosphere, hours after the pre-election speech in Heraklion and before the polls began.

The crowd was accompanied by the sounds of the Cretan lyre, as well as traditional mundanes. Among the topics discussed was tomorrow’s EuroLeague final between Olympiakos and Real Madrid, which Nikos Androulakis said he would attend. After voting and having lunch with his family he would leave Crete for Athens as indicated.

Dimitris Koutsoupas: A climate of hope for the outcome of the election

Party executives, friends, allies, candidate MPs of the party, political editors, CG of Central Committee of KKE. D. A relaxing moment was shared with Koutsoubas at a restaurant in Kalogresa, north of Athens. He is also a candidate there. State Referendum Chairman Thanasis Babilis was also present.

At noon on Saturday, T. Koutchoubas himself confirmed while talking to the media that there was an atmosphere of confidence about the election results.

Thanking those who participated in the election battle, he hoped for good results, adding that the strong KKE tradition of contests would continue from Monday anyway.

Among those present, G. Margaritis, D. Sackney, B. Thalassino, V. Gorakhaki, M. Andrulitagi, Th. Papadopoulos, Eleni Gerasimidou, Ant. Xeno, Angeliki Xeno, P. Orkopoulos with his wife Nikis Hatzidou, musician and band members Yiannis Papazachariakis, Eri Ritsou, Semina Digeni, Liana Kanelli, Eleni Radou, V. Serifi and Katerina Stikoudi.

Also in attendance were mezzo-soprano Lydia Angelopoulou, tenor Stamatis Peris and footballer Nikos Papadopoulos.

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