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Andreas Loverdos, a seasoned person and erstwhile curate with the socialist PASOK party, has officially joined the ruling center-right New Democracy enactment aft a gathering with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
The move, which had been wide anticipated, marks a important governmental realignment.
Mr. Loverdos, who described himself and the premier curate arsenic "moderate, reformist, and liberal," is expected to tally for a parliamentary spot successful a competitory Athens territory successful the adjacent election.
Mr. Loverdos, a 69-year-old law instrumentality professor, near the PASOK enactment astir 2 years ago, citing disagreements implicit its governmental direction.
He was precocious cleared of immoderate wrongdoing successful the high-profile Novartis pharmaceutical scandal.
His inclusion is seen arsenic portion of Mr. Mitsotakis's ongoing strategy to broaden his party's entreaty by attracting salient figures from the center-left.
By Angelos Moschovas
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