KINAL: Pre-election activity of the presidential candidates
Visit of G. Papandreou to Crete
George Papandreou, who is visiting Crete, continues his tours in the region. “We can make this faction sovereign again, not anyone’s crutch, and upset the political balances,” Papandreou said. When we say that we claim power, we claim it not for its prefecture but to change the country and help the people, as the Panhellenic Socialist Movement has done for so many years, underlined Mr. Papandreou who has a planned speech in Sitia from where stressed that Crete is identified with the struggles for freedom and democracy. That’s why my father loved her very much, he said characteristically. He opened fire on ND, which, as he said, faithful to its tradition despite the technocratic face, continues to move relentlessly with the opaque, customer logics that destroyed us. With the logic of extraordinary circumstances, Mr. Papandreou added, it restricts rights and cultivates opacity in favor of interests and status quo. He did not fail to criticize SYRIZA as well, saying that the leadership of the left SYRIZA was aligned with the maintenance, for the prefecture of power and not for its change. Mr. Papandreou stressed that in such a critical moment there is unity around a remarkable framework without controversy and rhetoric that feeds introversion. These elections are not just an internal party process, they create new conditions and dynamics. Tomorrow G. Papandeou will be in Rethymno and Chania.
P. Geroulanos: First we will dominate SYRIZA politically with a progressive opposition proposal and then ND with our government program
“First we will dominate SYRIZA politically with a modern and progressive opposition proposal and after ND with our government program,” Pavlos Geroulanos said in an interview with Vima tis Kyriakis. As for the base of the party, Mr. Geroulanos emphasizes that his priority is to reconnect the party with the popular and middle classes, the world of agriculture, small and medium-sized enterprises, flexible working, the creation of new sciences and of the civilization. That is, the social strata that lost their political representation when the progressive western parties became representatives of the business elite. At the same time, Pavlos Geroulanos emphasizes the need of the party to be open to the citizens who want to participate in the elections, in this context, among other things, recalls the proposal he made for electronic voting due to the pandemic.
A. Loverdos from Nafpaktos: I do not belong to mechanisms that owed the party
I do not belong to mechanisms that owed money to the party and then disappeared, left, other parties did other things, Andreas Loverdos from Nafpaktos left tips in many directions where he was part of his pre-election activity. I am here and fighting not to convince you how good things were but to tell you what needs to be done tomorrow morning or even today. In other words, I am talking about the PASOK of the 21st century and I am speaking with force, said Mr. Loverdos characteristically.
P. Christidis: I am here to give a voice to the underprivileged of 2021
“What my candidacy brings is the renewal with content, demands and ethics, the broadening of the movement’s base with those who feel that politicians do not listen to them and the cockfights take place” in the eyes of the world, “he said in an interview with Vima. . on Sunday Pavlos Christidis adds: I am here to give a voice to the new generation that faces inequalities and wants to clash with injustice. Referring to the post-election stance of KINAL, Mr. Christidis points out that the autonomy that has been achieved is an inviolable legacy. “Any discussion of redefinition is offensive to the history and future of our party,” he said. Answering a question whether the name and symbols of PASOK should be restored, Mr. Christidis underlines that “PASOK is our soul, it is its people, its values, its work. We never left it to come back. Therefore, my interest is focused on how we will make our party a Movement again. ”
N. Androulakis: I am committed to an open, democratic party
Nikos Androulakis continues his pre-election activity with a planned visit to Corinth. I am committed to an open, democratic party that operates with internal meritocracy and transparency, emphasizes Mr. Androulakis, who will deliver a speech in Pallini tomorrow.
Ch. Kastanidis: Visit to Kavala
Haris Kastanidis paid a visit to Kavala, who in his speech stressed that PASOK changed the country, the fate of the Greeks and the place. “Whenever the democratic faction was at the helm of the country, steps were taken,” Mr. Kastanidis said. At the same time, it attacked ND for its policies which, as he said, led to the fiscal derailment and then to the memoranda and characterized the cooperation with ND in 2012 as wrong.
Katerina Papavassiliou