The “whisper” of Kostas Karamanlis’ intervention: Is he going to embrace the Shamaras against the government, or is he going to take some distance?

The former Prime Minister has been turned over in the next few days to his expected intervention, the wake of his removal from the Southwest and his position to be proposed for the Presidency of the Republic. Costas Karamanlis, who was abroad when Antonis Samaras was deleted, rushed to leak through his associates that there was no prior agreement, both with regard to the proposal of the independent MP to be the person that Maximos will propose for the high state office, as well as with the… “keruns” against the government and personally Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Kostas Karamanlis was reportedly found Monday (18.11.24) in Ioannina, but both his interlocutors, as well as journalists, did not get a word out of his mouth about what happened in the party after the Samara eration or the content of his statements. It is noted that the deletion of Antonis Samara was ratified yesterday, Tuesday, and formally by the Southwest Ethics Commission. The questions about the Karamanlis speech However, all information and estimates converge to the fact that the former Prime Minister will be placed on Friday (22.11.2024) by Patras, in the presentation of a book by journalist George Charvalia. Since there has been coordination between Mr. Karamanlis and Samara, his speech is of great interest. The question marks, and not just within the Southwest, are many… – He will embrace the positions. Samaras on national issues – with the demand for the resignation of Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis and the ongoing Greek-Turkish dialogue – the ideological opening to the centre, institutional and quality issues of democracy, etc.? For some of the issues raised by the former Prime Minister he has also been placed in the past. Will he stay on the same line or choose to raise the tons? – How about Mr. Samara’s deletion? – Will he take a public position on the proposal of the Messinian politician to be the person proposed by the governing party for the Presidency of the Republic? For some time now, in talks with old political friends he has made it clear that this institution, as it is today, without giving substantial powers to the President, does not seem attractive to him. It is typical of the statement by the ND MP Nikitas Kaklamanis, that Mr Karamanlis has made it clear to him that he is not interested. Estimates Right now, except perhaps his very close colleagues and interlocutors, nobody knows Mr Karamanlis’ intentions. Many, however, predict that in any case it will rephrase permanent, timeless positions, the point is… tone. For example, they consider it unlikely to repeat his positions on national issues, which, in his last public intervention, he had spoken about… “existing” and “reasonable concerns”, noting that it is “a mistake to treat those who object to foreign policy as critical”. It is noted, however, that in the same intervention, in the context of a presentation of a book on the National Chief of Constantine Karamanlis, in Thessaloniki, he had avoided adopting Mr. Samaras’ insinuations from Nicosia on the integrity of the government… At the same time, many executives estimate that he will leave spikes for Athens’ attitude towards Albanian Prime Minister Eddie Rama, while they certainly believe that on the occasion of Mr. Harvalia’s book “Yavol, Blood, Oblivion and Subordination”, which also refers to Greek-German relations, the Nazi atrocities of the Occupation, the Holocaust and the unresolved issue of war damages, Mr. Karamanlis will send a message to Maximos about the handling of Greek demands against Germany, the aftermath of the recent visit of the German President Steinmeyer to Greece.