The leader and candidate for Regional Governor Spyros Rizopoulos announced his resignation from the leadership of the “Horizons of Epirus” faction in a written statement after the result of October 8.
Mr. Rizopoulos thanks the people of Epirus for their support and expresses his appreciation that since what he was advocating was not applauded at the polls, the only decent path is to leave. Dimitris Pappas, the lawyer, takes over as interim leader of the faction until the election of a new leader of the faction by the regional group of those elected to the regional council – with the data so far, the specific faction elects three regional councilors.
The announcement
The written statement of Spyros Rizopoulos states the following:
I sincerely thank those citizens who trusted and preferred Horizons of Epirus and me as the leader.
I want to congratulate with all my heart both our candidates who succeeded in their election and those who were not elected. They fought an honest and sincere fight for change in Epirus.
The result cannot be disputed. Regionalism as an ideology, the program framework we presented, the fight against corruption as a cancer and the need to change the administration model and the Regional Governor were not adopted.
From the first moment that I decided to deal with self-governing commons, I proved that I am completely consistent with my political principles. As I have mentioned many times, I believe in both terms, whether they are relevant
government or opposition. I believe that I have succeeded in clarifying how different I am, therefore there is not the slightest thing that will change either my trial approach or the mentality of the citizens of Epirus.
Therefore, I announce my resignation as head of Horizons Epirus and my replacement by the general secretary of the faction, Mr. Dimitris Pappa.
Mr. Pappas as interim president will take over the procedures for the selection of the new president who will be nominated by the elected and will lead the group in the regional council.
The Horizons of Epirus formed as a faction distinct from its elected representatives. I also resign from the position of party president. The new president will be the one who will lead the elected combination.
