SYRIZA's Dourou Wins, Attica

Main opposition Radical Left Coalition SYRIZA candidate for the Attica region Rena Dourou accompanied by SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras in her speech in Propylaia on Monday early hours said that tomorrow is an important day that as the Left and the democracy dictate will be for everyone.

Dourou said that this was an important and ethical race, against the odds and the interests that was understood by the majority of the citizens, while she added that this win was just the beginning as tomorrow there will be a war against the interests.

"We will change our lives in the region of Attica, we will change them in the whole country," Dourou stressed and underlined that "there are no first and second class mayors and citizens."

Dourou is found to lead the Attica region race by 50.83 percent against her opponent candidate regional governor Yiannis Sgouros who gets 49.17 percent of the votes, according to provisional official results from 98.80 percent of the polling stations. This means that SYRIZA gets 61 seats in the Prefectural Council of Attica, against 12 of independent candidate Giannis Sgouros who had the backing of both New Democracy and Elia parties.

Who is Rena Dourou?

Rena Dourou was born in Athens, in 1974. She lives in the western suburb or Aegaleo. She had studied to be a teacher in Athens, but later continued her studies and got a post-graduate degree in political science from Great Britain, Turkey and France. She speaks four foreign languages and has been in Parliament with SYRIZA party since 2012.

She has resigned from her post 5 months ago when she decided to head the “Power of Life” (Dynami Zois) SYRIZA group in the race for the Prefecture of Attica. She will undertake her new duties on September 1st.