Greek Main opposition New Democracy unveiled a draft version of a proposed new charter to be approved at the 10th ND Conference on April 22-24, for a period of public consultation, at the website http://synedrio.nd.gr.
According to a party announcement, ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to send a “hope-bringing political message in reply to the suffocation felt by Greek citizens” at the Conference, which will primarily deal with the organisational and constitutional reforms to the party, in order to make ND a more modern, open and democratic party modeled along European standards.
A key element of the new charter will be a separation of party and state, with bans on simultaneously holding office in both the party and the government, especially in positions where public funds are managed. Another radical reform will be a ban on the party taking out bank loans and an obligation to keep balanced budgets, while there will be more emphasis in involving party members in the production of policy.
Other changes concerning the holding and composition of an annual party conference, the maximum term of the party’s president and the automatic loss of the party’s leadership after losing general elections, as well as greater grass-roots involvement in party tickets.
The new draft charter, at 5,500 words, is a great deal shorter and, according to ND, simpler to understand and more efficient than the 11,000-word party constitution it is proposing to replace.
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