“Blue” exam

According to the column, Dimitris Kayrides is the favorite to be government rapporteur next Monday in the debate that PASOK has demanded to set up a commission of inquiry. Lazaros Tsavdaridis, Makarios Lazaridis, Anna Mani Papadimitriou, Maria Kefala, Kostas Karagounis, Babis Papadimitriou and Statis Konstantinidis are also expected to perform.

The aforementioned actually “met” yesterday unofficially in Parliament in the presence of Giorgos Gerapetritis and Doras Bakoyannis to discuss the party’s line on the eve of Monday. As I learned, it was decided that N.D. will move softly and institutionally, hence the choice of the “centrist” Kairidis as speaker. And one more additional information: if you want to know who will be the participants of the Exam, take a look at the names that I wrote to you as speakers.

Dendias is missing

Yesterday’s absence of Nikos Dendias in Parliament was commented on, but not for long, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs was on an official visit to Croatia and, by definition, could not be “present”. Alas, coal is a treasure that some have followed.

Interesting disgust

One of the prime minister’s most interesting aversions to write down in his notebook on the eve of the election year is when he said that PASOK and SYRIZA are in absolute harmony, “so many of PASOK’s friends are already wondering if the vote for Androulakis will end up will lead to their Tsipras.” This is a phrase that will be used frequently by the government.

old tactic

On the other hand, Alexis Tsipras, with his phrase that the New Democracy MPs will decide whether “the wiretapping scandal will be the Mitsotakis scandal or the scandal of the entire faction”, recalled an old tactic that he repeatedly used against Antonis Samaras. Then Mr. Tsipras constantly invested in the – imaginary – dichotomy between “far-right Samara” and his party, urging his MPs to oppose their president.

Today, the far-right Samaras is in the position of the “anti-institutional Mitsotakis”, who, nevertheless, received a pass from the leader of the opposition, inviting him to introduce a vote of no confidence in order to establish that the New Democracy Parliamentary Group is … reinforced concrete.