Greeks prepare to vote as PM Mitsotakis seeks second term

New Democracy party supporters wave Greek flags asPrime Minister and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during his main election campaign rally in Athens (Petros Giannakouris/AP)

Greeks are going to the polls on Sunday to elect a leader who for the first time in a decade will not be confined to steering the country’s economy from a back seat.

Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seeking a second term after a draconian regime of spending controls ordered by international bailout lenders ended last summer.