Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis launched a fierce attack against PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis. Commenting on the stance taken by the Charilaou Trikoupis party during the vote on the constitutional articles under revision, Marinakis accused the PASOK leader of steering his party toward a logic of perpetual refusal. “He has turned PASOK into a protest party — one of sterile denial and regression,” the government spokesman said pointedly.
Pavlos Marinakis’s full statement
“No matter how much Mr. Androulakis tries to justify the unjustifiable, history will henceforth record that under his leadership, PASOK settled for an awkward abstention — or outright voted against — the revision of articles including:
– Article 16, concerning the protection of the Greek language and flag, and the ability to establish non-state universities in Greece,
– Article 21, on affordable housing and intergenerational justice and solidarity,
– Article 24, on addressing the climate crisis,
– Article 51, on the ability to exercise voting rights through postal vote and within the national territory,
– Article 78, on prohibiting retroactive taxation and ensuring fiscal and investment stability,
– Article 79, on sustainable fiscal management, so as to shield our country from those who intend to govern in the future by borrowing from the next generations,
– Article 86, on limiting Parliament’s role in investigating ministerial responsibility,
– Article 90, on the selection of judicial leadership, and
– Article 103, on the performance evaluation of public servants.
Mr. Androulakis’s stance today, following a long series of prior decisions, represents the culmination of his deliberate choice to transform his party into a protest party — one defined by sterile denial and regression.
The citizens will be the ultimate judges.”
Earlier, in a social media post, the PASOK leader had accused the government of playing a communication game with the constitutional revision, citing Article 110 as an example — an article which Androulakis himself had previously called for revising.
