Michalis Katrinis

^_«An excessive amount of sunshine creates a desert” says an Arabic proverb. A phrase that vividly captures the scenario contained in the PASOK on this heat, summer season and on the similar time pre-election interval.

Occasion management candidates are dwindling. On the similar time, the variety of folks going to the gatherings is lowering. Cafes and municipal halls that welcome the candidate leaders will not be full, abandoned, even when they’ve air con.

Nikos Androulakis, Haris Doukas and Pavlos Geroulanos have the 5,000 signatures required by EDEKAP to be candidates. Michalis Katrinis and Anna Diamantopoulou are nonetheless accumulating.

Milena Apostolaki left. Yannis Kanellakis and Nadia Giannakopoulou are looking for folks to signal and assist them. If they do not discover it, then we go to an election with 5 candidates of various traits every. Purely political traits that may emerge within the televised match, which can happen after the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the declaration of September 3.

There, within the telefight, the political course that PaSoK will take the subsequent day will develop into clear, whereas the presence and speech of the presidential candidates will weigh on the end result of the inner occasion elections.

Autonomous PASOK

The primary to ask for the talk was Nikos Androulakis, who’s the one one who doesn’t face organizational issues. The president of PaSoK in his excursions explains the explanation why he picked up the gauntlet and went to the elections.

On the similar time, he asks the world of the faction for calm, that the polarization doesn’t attain the bottom and urges the executives who assist his candidacy to place themselves politically, to hearken to the proposals of his fellow candidates and to guage soberly. Nikos Androulakis at all times talks about an autonomous PaSoK. “With weldings, behind-the-scenes video games and a few monetary pursuits, the Democratic Occasion is not going to develop into nice,” he frequently states in outings and interviews. He additionally speaks of a “proud PSoK” and depends on the occasion’s proposals on well being, schooling, the housing disaster and the price of dwelling. Positions that can even be highlighted within the telefight.

Raises the tone

“These proposals elevated PaSoK and after a yr gave it first locations in prefectures and plenty of second locations in numerous areas” an in depth affiliate of his mentioned in “Vima”. As well as, he doesn’t neglect his parliamentary duties.

Subsequent week, PaSoK is predicted to boost the tone with essential interventions within the Parliament concerning the dramatic scenario of the Nationwide Social Safety System within the upcoming psychological well being invoice, but additionally concerning the huge potential that is still untapped by the utilization of public property within the upcoming invoice and considerations the Superfund.

It introduced grumbling

At the moment, Sunday, Haris Doukas returned from Paris, the place he was on the event of the Olympic Video games. Within the Metropolis of Mild, he had contacts with mayors from everywhere in the world, whereas he additionally had dinner with former Prime Minister George Papandreou, who can be in Paris as vice-president of the Worldwide Olympic Truce Middle, and on the menu had been the inner occasion affairs of the PaSoK.

Within the mayor’s camp, they’re proud of the signatures which were collected and the tempo at which this course of is continuing. Nevertheless, the “name” he made to executives who went from PaSoK to SYRIZA and didn’t provoke introduced grumbling within the faction.

“This transfer is a declarative aspect of his intentions for the subsequent day” his inside occasion opponents remark, with many officers reacting and accusing him of “syrizizing” PASOK and he responding with the instance of Kostas Chrysogonou.

A number one government of Harilaou Trikoupi, talking to “Vima”, identified that “this place of Mr. Doukas because it was made is nebulous” and continued by saying that “it’s good to say what he defines as a problem. As a result of simply the truth that some left PaSoK in troublesome occasions for a celebration in energy that cooperated with ANEL is a problem. He should additionally give names. To inform who’re those that will come”.

So long as this dialogue about a gap on the left lasts, Haris Doukas is making ready this week for a tour of Crete, with Manolis Christodoulakis by his aspect. In accordance with data, the mayor of Athens is prepared to even go to a seashore bar with the intention to deal with the younger people who find themselves staying away and method them.

The map of Gerulanos

Pavlos Geroulanos has his personal political platform on this election. It’s about “RENAISSANCE II”, as he has known as it. This can be a map that’s primarily a 27 web page research. The unique research was created in 2017 and up to date earlier than the elections.

This political method goals on the decentralization of energy as a situation for the truthful distribution of wealth, but additionally the event of the patriotic financial system as a basis on which the center class in Greece will as soon as once more be constructed. He talks about this plan on his excursions together with his supporters and talks a few large PSoK. From there he’ll draw arguments within the telefight.

The employees of Pavlos Geroulanos are glad with the truth that within the subsequent few days the complete communication marketing campaign is “locked”, in addition to the planning of the excursions. Excursions that will have already multiplied, however he himself requested to have time to dedicate himself to defending and selling the positions of PaSoK in two payments that got here inside one week and he’s the rapporteur. The primary considerations the merger of Pankritia Financial institution with Attica Financial institution and the second considerations DEKO and public property.

The “centre-right profile”, the “crutch” and flirting

Anna Diamantopoulou and Michalis Katrinis can even participate within the debate, the time and particulars of which might be determined in August, each of whom haven’t but collected the required variety of signatures, however are nicely on their method. With their companions stressing that it’s a matter of time to assemble the required signatures.

The candidacy of Mrs. Diamantopoulos shuffled the deck inside PaSoK. It politicized the method, overturned associations and new situations of inside battle had been created. Many executives accuse Mrs. Diamantopoulou that her profile is center-right.

On the tables arrange within the streets round Charilaou Trikoupi, the alliance he had made up to now with George Floridis, who’s now a minister within the authorities of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is being mentioned. In addition to the political flirtation she had developed with the Prime Minister when he nominated her for the put up of OECD secretary normal.

On the similar time, her opponents argue that if she is elected, then New Democracy could have an interlocutor and associate to kind a authorities the subsequent day. The previous commissioner and minister, nonetheless, clarifies that the dialogue about “decenique” has a logic of defeatism and that she is speaking about a big PaSoK with a governmental perspective.

Chatting with “Vima”, her shut affiliate identified that “her steering wheel for the management of PaSoK is the social democratic logic” and continued by stating that “Anna Diamantopoulou addresses the a million individuals who voted for PaSoK and haven’t voted once more since”.

Michalis Katrinis, for his half, speaks for 40 minutes politically on the gatherings he does, analyzing points associated to the financial system, well being, enterprise, labor and nationwide points. Concerning the way forward for the faction, he speaks of a big and broad democratic faction, which can talk about with all neighboring democratic areas, reminiscent of those that co-signed the movement of no confidence.

This faction will intention to win the elections and excludes in any case the participation of PaSoK as a element in a authorities with New Democracy and Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

It was December 2021, a couple of minutes after the announcement of the outcomes of the PaSoK elections, when the Nikos Alivizatos he hurried to his workplace Nikos Androulakis to congratulate him. The cameras then didn’t flip in his route. He was sitting alone on the doorway staircase, subsequent to the place the bells of the Exarchia condo constructing are situated, a constructing that on the time housed the headquarters of the brand new president. The professor had chosen to attend for Nikos Androulakis in a spot that had a shadow, it was darkish and the lights had been removed from him.

Three years later, and earlier than the brand new intra-party battle started, the highlight, or relatively the highlight, fell on Nikos Alivizatos. However not as a result of he selected it. However why the candidate now? Anna Diamantopoulou introduced again to the fore a proposal of his personal. A proposal on the process that, in the best way it was initially offered, raised a storm of reactions.

Dispute

Along with her placement on the TV station MEGA, the primary Diamantopoulou requested that there be “judicial representatives” within the polling stations on the day of the intra-party course of. Executives of Harilaou Trikoupis instantly raised the gauntlet and reported that with this proposal there’s a questioning of the method. As they stated, “Mrs. Diamantopoulou should make clear what she means. Primarily, it poses a query of belief, of legitimizing all election outcomes for years, maybe even of fraud.” A number of hours later, along with her intervention, Mrs. Diamantopoulou would clarify what the proposal was about “volunteer attorneys” and that it’s not a brand new proposal, however an older one by Professor Alivizatos. Regardless of the clarification, her inner-party rivals insist: “It’s one factor to ask for judicial representatives and one other to ask for volunteer attorneys, who had been additionally current in 2021 on the polling stations, the place this risk existed. It makes an enormous distinction.” they are saying

The subsequent day

They insist, nevertheless, additionally from the Diamantopoulos camp. “Our evaluation is that the turnout on the polls will probably be huge” famous her accomplice in “Vima”. “On that day when there will probably be strain from the folks on the polling stations, it’s good to have volunteer attorneys to assist the method. Anna Diamantopoulou doesn’t dispute the method, however she considers this proposal to facilitate it. Additionally, this October course of is a foreshadowing of the following day for the PASOK and it desires to make sure each the method and the sleek subsequent day” concluded.

Excursions

On the similar time, with out dealing with organizational issues and with out the stress of signatures, Nikos Androulakis continues his excursions. Inside per week he was in Thessaly the place he was knowledgeable by the governor Dimitris Koureta for the works to be carried out and to assist in the restoration of the affected space from the unhealthy climate “Daniel”. He then went to Cyprus for the commemorative occasions held on the event of the fiftieth anniversary of the invasion of the Turkish forces. There he met with, amongst others, the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulidiswhereas he was “current” on the memorial service in favor of the fallen officers and troopers.

Right this moment he’s in Thessaloniki the place he can have a collection of conferences and contacts with celebration and self-governing officers. The president of PaSoK in his public statements continues to focus on points with a social signal that have an effect on the profile of the federal government and the prime minister Kyriakou Mitsotakiswhereas concerning the interior affairs of the celebration, his associates declare that “within the elections, the world of PaSoK will consider the credibility, consistency and the potential for every candidate to make PaSoK a worthy opponent of the conservative faction once more”.

In his camp Harry Doukas there’s satisfaction in finishing 5,000 signatures. His associates stand by the truth that from the excursions he makes round Greece there are constructive messages from the world. “He finishes a gathering and those that attended keep there to speak with him” his shut affiliate reported to “Vima” and continued by stating how “this contact is a telling factor of the necessity that the world has for communication, of its thirst for contact with executives. On the similar time, we see that there’s anticipation for a fantastic PaSoK”.

Open celebration

There’s additionally satisfaction in his camp Pavlos Geroulanos each for its organizational course and for the communication half. Mr. Geroulanos returns from Thessaloniki with smiles as he held a collection of conferences with over 80 executives of the area people in a great environment. This journey was the second to the identical metropolis in two weeks. Based on data, within the conferences he talked a couple of unifying and open celebration that may have the ability to give a plan for the Greece of the following decade. The employees emphasize that this plan is mentioned with the folks he comes into contact with on his excursions, with a view to compose and co-shape it with them.

In Thessaloniki was additionally discovered Michalis Katrinis, which quite a few members of the youthful era comply with and accumulate signatures. The signatures, as emphasised by his employees, “it’s heading in the right direction, however what’s essential on this inner celebration course of is to talk politically.” Mr. Katrinis stands as much as the cartels that exist out there and “raises” power points fairly a bit, making frequent assaults on Kyriakos Mitsotakis for his anti-social coverage. In Thessaloniki was additionally discovered Nadia Giannakopoulou with a view to maintain conferences along with her supporters. The autonomous course of PaSoK that may make it a dependable authorities selection is highlighted by Milena Apostolaki by way of her tv interviews.

The method

On the first three-hour assembly of EDEKAP, the physique chargeable for the trustworthy observance of the Statute, which befell on Thursday afternoon in Charilaou Trikoupi, it was determined that the election course of would be the similar in all respects as that of 2021. It was agreed that candidates, to see their names on the October 6 poll, might want to accumulate 5,000 member signatures or 15% of the Central Committee membership. There was no intense confrontation through the assembly, nevertheless it was seen on a number of events that Mr Christos Tsounis on the a part of Nikos Androulakis and Pantelis Kamas on the a part of Haris Doukas, they would be the individuals of the committee who will star within the subsequent conferences.