Dora Bakoyannis received by president

The head of the newly-formed Democratic Alliance party Dora Bakoyannis on Monday had a meeting with President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias. Afterward, she stressed that achieving “national understanding” was her party’s primary goal.

“The economy is not doing well. We must join forces in order to bring Greece out of the crisis. The goal of our party is to introduce new people and new proposals. Above all, to tell the Greek people the truth so that we can look them in the face tomorrow,” she said.

Asked whether her party would strive for a governmental alliance with George Papandreou’s PASOK party or with main opposition New Democracy’s Antonis Samaras, Bakoyannis said her goal was not a governmental alliance but a national understanding.

“There is a major difference. Do not think positions and ministries. We must come to an understanding on what is obvious today in Greece. And all the political forces must have the courage to tell the Greek people the truth. Our movement is determined to do this. We will provoke a discussion on the existing, major issues that currently concern Greece in order to bring it out of the crisis,” she explained.