“From next Wednesday, PASOK will enter official opposition mode.” This report of his close associate Nikos Androulakis it gives the timetable of the changes in the party and the Parliamentary Group, but also the spirit that its president PASOK he seeks to infuse with his movements of the next few days. The announcements about the changes and about the persons who will be invited to staff the new organizational chart and to implement what the head of the party is planning, will be made on Monday and Tuesday.
What should we expect? Apart from the changes in persons in the positions that already exist, such as the secretary of K.O. and the parliamentary representatives, there are three points which are given importance, with the aim of signaling a forward-looking course of the party. First, the new instrument, which has been announced from the first moment, one Political Centerwhich will include the co-candidates in the leadership race and some more party officials, who will form this ten-member body. With meetings on a weekly basis or even more frequently if the circumstances and the current situation require it, this body will shape the strategy, the direction of the party, the priorities, the points to be given importance. This is a move of substance, Mr. Androulakis’ associates explain, which will signal his disposition for substantial changes, will show that he has really listened to what is expressed as concerns about his previous tenure and, above all, that he really wants everyone to be in front line, that the elections and what separated them during the pre-election period have been left behind.
OR “shadow government” of PASOK is also in the works and will be a “mirror” of the structure of the government. It is described as a man to man project. A PASOK executive will be placed opposite each minister, who will be responsible for the specific sector. Not only as a monitoring of the government’s work with interventions where it is judged that something is being done incorrectly, but also by producing and projecting specific proposals on all issues. “It will be a government within the opposition. The challenge is for all issues, where the government intervenes or even before its reflexes are activated, “to come forward with specific proposals, interventions and solutions”, it is pointed out. The goal is obvious: to show that PASOK has both the cadres and the political experience to govern the country. That has a program, proposals and solutions that convincingly answer the concerns of the citizens and the challenges in the whole range of government policy. And that, at the same time, it is the party that in Parliament and in every field essentially opposes the government.
In the same logic, it will be strengthened and enriched with new faces “morning coffee” in Harilaou Trikoupiwhere the issues that arise will be managed day by day, priorities will be set, the progress of all open issues will be evaluated and movements coordinated.
The report that PASOK is “entering official opposition mode” is not unrelated to the developments in SYRIZA. In Harilaou Trikoupi, they are closely following what is happening in Koumoundourou and the belief is increasingly being strengthened that the irreversible path that the official opposition party has entered is a great opportunity and, at the same time, a great responsibility for PASOK. It is also an example to be avoided, with associates of Nikos Androulakis stating that his actions in the coming days will also send the message that the climate of political culture that prevailed during the internal party elections was not a temporary thing, but will continue.
2024-10-17 06:48:00