In the final stretch for the May 21 polls, the mechanisms of the major parties have entered, leaving for the end the options for the State ballots, which always function as the “strong cards” in the great electoral battle.

THE New Democracy and its president Kyriakos Mitsotakishas chosen for the State ballot three women and three men for the first six electable positions.

It will be headed by a woman, but her name has not been leaked. Information speaks of a surprise person, however nothing can be ruled out, as New Democracy maintains the secrecy of this particular choice.

The five names that seem to have been “locked” are Theodoros Skylakakis (Deputy Minister of Finance), Christos Stylianidis (Minister of Civil Protection), Irini Agapidaki (General Secretary of Public Health), George Stamatis (General Secretary of Solidarity and Combating Poverty) ).

According to the latest information, the name of the second woman heard is that of Maria-Nefelis Hatziioannidou, who has the platform Great Women.

In the honorary positions of the State, the leadership of the New Democracy is said to have ended up in Porphyrenia Kanellopoulou (director of the ONNED press office), Spyros Karanikola (lawyer), Antonis Sgardeli (former director of the ND), Maria Doili Diamantopoulou (president of the ND in Paris).

On Friday morning, at 10:30, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will announce the names for the State ballot, putting an end to the suspense, a few weeks before the May 21 polls.

Tsipras’ choices for the SYRIZA Government

In the “camp” of SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras has reportedly settled on four names for the first positions in the State Government, while based on the results of 2019, the main opposition party is electing five candidates from the State Government.

According to information, Evangelos Apostolakis (former defense minister), Othonas Iliopoulos (Harvard medicine professor), Popi Tsapanidou (SYRIZA press representative) and Elena Akrita (journalist-author) will be placed in the top four.

In the non-elective positions, the names being heard are Zaharoula Tsirigoti (ret. general), Georgeta Lali (lawyer), Natasha Romanou (NASA Researcher) and Alekos Flambouraris (former minister).

The favorites in PASOK

The favorites for the State of PASOK, based on the report, are Panagiotis Doudonis (constitutionalist), Eleni Chronopoulou (lawyer) and Dimitris Manzos (PASOK press representative).

PASOK has not announced the date it will announce its State ballot, while the order of the names and the name that will be put in charge have not been “locked”.