By-elections will be a derby. Not the derby that some of you expected a week ago. N.D. And SYRIZA, that is, but a derby for centre-left dominance. Yesterday’s election results leave accounts open between SYRIZA and PASOK. The official opposition party is called upon to regroup immediately, to make the necessary changes, as Alexis Tsipras put it, not because anyone thinks they can claim anything better than the ND, but to be able to contain its forces and protect themselves. against the tendencies of intense deflation and further weakening, the activation of which is not excluded in the coming days.

SYRIZA became the party of power, taking a large part of the voters of the old PASOK. Now Nikos Androulakis seems ready to bring back those voters. And on Sunday evening he turned to them. The messages that PASOK is sending are very clear: as Harilou Trikoupi made clear during the pre-election period, she constantly strives to return to the minds of the voters as the main opponent of the ND. That is, the dipole N.D. – SYRIZA was opportunistic, and the historical rival of the centre-right is PASOK. The “weapon” in this strategic choice of the party is the result of Sunday, the decisive defeat of SYRIZA. “N.D. he will not be defeated as long as he stands face to face with SYRIZA” is the main message that will be heard more and more often on the way to the second vote. Harilaou Trikoupi will also insist that the result of the first election , a triumphant victory for the ND, was achieved not because voters approve of the ruling party, but because they massively disapprove of SYRIZA.

And the disapproval of SYRIZA came because, according to the analysis that PASOK will insist on, the official opposition party has no strategy, no program, no positions, no answers to the problems and increased needs of citizens.

All this criticism of SYRIZA will be accompanied by high tones against right-wing government policies, so it becomes clear that PASOK is addressing centre-left voters. And invests, of course, in the nostalgic revival of the PASOK dipole against N.D. and all the symbols with which he has been identified: the historic residence of Harilau Trikoupi, green flags, the sun of PASOK and the constant complaints that SYRIZA and Alexis Tsipras have tried and are trying to wrest everything they can from Andreas’ political legacy. Papandreou.

Against this frontal attack, which will be one of the dominant elements of the period leading up to the second election, Kumunduru will try to respond by emphasizing the fact that, despite heavy losses of forces, he remains the strongest pole against the ND. and that the strategy of other parties, including PASOK, which had a negative view of the formation of a progressive front, brought a complete defeat to the progressive forces. In essence, the Komunduru will seek to remain in the minds of the voters as a faction capable of admitting mistakes and failures, making self-criticism and necessary changes, regrouping and immediately launching a counteroffensive so that the government cannot continue its policy. direction is negative for citizens. SYRIZA officials will try to convince citizens that there is a greater threat to citizens if the centre-left space is fragmented after the next election, and they will seek to re-mobilize voters with this argument.