Athina Aidona, until now deputy regional governor, was elected the new regional governor of Central Macedonia, during the vote that took place today at the headquarters of the Region and in which the members of the majority faction participated. The process of electing a new regional governor, after the resignation of Apostolos Tzitzikostas, who assumed the duties of the European Union Commissioner for sustainable transport and tourism, was initiated by Voula Patoulidou, who in the last self-governing elections collected the most votes in the largest regional unit, that of Thessaloniki.

In today’s vote, which was presided over by the deputy governor of Thessaloniki, Kostas Youtikas, the candidates were Athina Aidona and Voula Patoulidou. A total of 39 councilors voted, 35 votes were received by Mrs. Aidona, 3 by Mrs. Patoulidou while there was also a blank ballot.

In her statements immediately afterwards, Mrs. Aidona thanked her colleagues for the trust they showed in her and for her, as she said, honorable elevation to the position of regional governor. “All together, united, we continue to strengthen the Region of Central Macedonia for the benefit of all our fellow citizens. We have a lot of work and a difficult road ahead of us, but I am sure that we will be able to walk it in the best possible way,” she said.

For her part, Mrs. Patoulidou wished Mrs. Hopefully the next four years will be easy as, as he said, it is known what the self-government faces each time. At the same time, he emphasized: “I did what I had to do, consistent with the words I said, the words from August 6, 1992, ‘for Greece, damn it'”. He pointed out that “yes, justice is blind, but democracy has both ears and eyes and it also has a freedom to be able to react when it is considered that your right is violated”. “Anyway all good for the next day. We have worthy people and I hope this will be seen once again in practice” he added.

As it became known, on Monday the delivery-receipt process will take place, in the presence of Apostle Tzitzikostas.