The oath, in view of their September 1 assignment, was given on the night of Saturday, August 24 at the Theater of the Medieval Moat “Melina Mercouri”, by the new Mayor Rhodes Antonis Kambourakis, the new members and the council members. councils of municipal and local communities. The new Mayor of Rhodes, Antonis Kambourakis, said he was very excited about the honor that the citizens of Rhodes had made him their Mayor, and promised to try with all his might so that Rhodes would regain its past.
Also in attendance at the swearing-in ceremony were Undersecretary of Tourism Manos Consolas, MEPs Maria Spirakis and Thodoris Zagorakis, Dodecanese MPs Vassilis Ypsilantis, Mika Iatrioui, Yannios Papieri, Yiannis Papiaris, Yiannis Papias, Yiannis Papipasformer deputy foreign minister Yiannis Valinakis, former Dodecanese prefect Yiannis Paraskevas, former mayors of Rhodes Manos Kokkinos, Savvas Karayiannis and Stathis Kousournou, spouse of late Prime Minister Padre Anandreou , who traveled from all over Greece, to wish the new Mayor and the newly formed City Council a fresh start.
The ceremony was accompanied by a unique artistic program by leading Greek composers Giorgos Chatzinasios and Giorgos Theofanous. The evening’s musical began ideally with the melodic voice of Fotini Darra interpreting the song “A Magical City” Manos Hatzidakis, while the finale met on stage with children and mixed choir of the island and to Philharmonic Rhodes.