The logic of this move is obviously that the officials of Harilau Trikoupi after the choice of Tasoula by the Prime Minister try to take advantage of any dissatisfaction created in the centre and centre left, in order to show clearly who the expresser of this area is. So today Thursday (16.12025) at the meeting of the PASOK Parliamentary Group is expected to make the final decision on the proposal that PASOK and Nikos Androulakis will submit. CORVERSE The other nominations such as Nikos Alivizatos, Stavros Benos and Anna Diamantopoulou seem to have left the discussion table. The truth is that the choice of Costas Tasoula by the government brought relief to Harilaou Trikoupis, as the leader of the main opposition did not want to appear as a companion to Kyriakos Mitsotakis on this issue. A joint nomination with the ND would give SYRIZA arguments to attack PASOK, accusing it of secret deals and discussions under the table. Charilau Trikoupi executives, however, do not hide their concern about the dissonance of their party in the presidential election, as traditionally Harilau Trikoupi’s party did not avoid taking a stand on all major issues of the place. As they say, the fact that they linked their attitude to the proposal that Kyriakos Mitsotakis would submit presents Harilaou Trikoupis as a follow-up to the Prime Minister’s actions. At the same time, PASOK appears to be in a difficult position, since the candidate of his party in the vote for the person of the President of the Republic will get fewer votes from Luca Katseli, which Syriza and the New Left will vote for. So in the first very important vote PASOK appears parliamentary as a third party despite holding the position of the main opposition, while Syriza along with the New Left win the impressions in this process. Of course, officials of Harilau Trikoupi were attempting to weaken this side of the issue, saying that the issue is not to measure the beans, but to realise that PASOK is following an institutional attitude on the issue of the President of the Republic, but impressions are expected to be discussed. Nikos Androuliakis reportedly immediately after the Prime Minister announced the name of the candidate President immediately contacted his close associates in order to discuss the names they had reached. At the same time PASOK’s spokesman, Kostas Tsukalas, commented on the Prime Minister’s announcements that Mr Mitsotakis “proved today that he has no awareness of what consensus even means on high institutional issues, as it had been enshrined in decades for the choice of the President of the Republic.” He added that Kyriakos Mitsotakis “liminately worked by breaking political traditions and revealing his deep political insecurity. The state regulator, according to the spirit of the Constitution, cannot obviously be a person completely identified with the government party. The recent constitutional change was aimed at not making the institution of the Presidency of the Republic a “election game” and it is regrettable that Mr Mitsotakis is using this change for his party benefit and to bring the top state institution to his personal and party measures.”
Relief in PASOK after the selection of Mitsotakis for Tasoula – announces Tasos Giannitsis today for a candidate for MSD
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