PASOK is currently moving on a trajectory of dual confrontation, launching attacks both against the New Democracy government and personally against Kyriakos Mitsotakis, as well as against Alexis Tsipras. Meanwhile, intense irritation is being recorded at the party’s headquarters over the new intervention by Haris Doukas, which contradicts PASOK’s official positions, as the Athens mayor showed he continues to seek cooperation with those who believe in progressive governance, while once again praising the Prespa Agreement.
Androulakis fires sharp criticism from Delphi Economic Forum
The party’s central policy is naturally expressed by PASOK president Nikos Androulakis, who on Friday launched sharp criticism against both the prime minister and the former prime minister, focusing on both leaders’ failings. Speaking at the Delphi Economic Forum, the opposition leader decided to look beyond the fact that New Democracy maintains a large polling lead, in order to show that he envisions a “productive upset” by PASOK in the upcoming elections. Referring to political stakes, he stated that “there are two power systems that have been judged.” Turning his fire toward Tsipras, without naming him, he noted that “one sat in the background, dissolved his party, and now returns in a messianic way.” “And we have an extensive, organized, dangerous corruption for the country’s future, which resides in the Maximos Mansion,” he added, referring to Mitsotakis. “I’m fighting a battle to defeat this corruption and ensure better days for our country,” he emphasized, while for PASOK he stressed that “we learned from our mistakes.”
Kostas Tsoukalas: Attack on Tsipras
PASOK’s dual confrontation was confirmed on Friday by the Movement’s press spokesman, Kostas Tsoukalas, speaking on Parapolitika 90.1 FM. Initially he emphasized that “Mr. Tsipras has his own view, at this moment there seems to be a convergence with the prime minister. It appears that New Democracy expects a different party from Mr. Tsipras, because it believes this way it can rally its voters.” Launching an attack on the former prime minister, he added that “Alexis Tsipras as former prime minister has been judged and has also been judged as opposition leader. He was judged with a result that showed he exercised what he himself calls strong opposition and went from 32% to 17%, creating a very large political asymmetry, which gave ‘wind to the sails’ of a failed government and a failed prime minister.”
Internal party tensions in PASOK after Haris Doukas statements
Meanwhile, internal party turbulence is being recorded in PASOK following statements by Haris Doukas, who appears to align more with Alexis Tsipras’s positions regarding party cooperation and the Prespa Agreement, rather than with the official positions of the party headquarters. Particularly on the second issue, party officials express intense annoyance, considering that his statements open a sensitive issue that had been politically closed and may create new internal rifts.
Published in Apogeumatini
