After the position of Antonis Samaras on the issue of wiretapping, the only former president of the ND. Who did not express his position on this issue is Vangelis Meimarakis, who preferred silence, which is also an indirect but clear support for the prime minister. An old party member commented that Meimarakis was still “deeply partisan” from the first steps of his political career and would not be able to follow the line of Karamanlis-Samaras, who left their points of view on this issue. And the respected “Vangelas” is preparing to help during the pre-election period in any way that Mitsotakis asks for, since without Meimarakis the elections will not take place.

Announces without announcing

Ballot announcements are being delayed in PASOK as many regions have several issues that need to be addressed, either due to an oversupply of candidates to be “cut” or, elsewhere, due to a shortage. However, the official delay does not seem to affect Manolis Christodoulakis, who is scheduled to open offices in East Attica next week to formally announce his candidacy.

Conclusion is coming

I wrote to you the other day that PEGA’s conclusion about the wiretap will raise many questions about this. The latest information from Brussels confirms the initial information, since the conclusion published in early 2023 will require specific responses from the government.

front

It was impressive that the new head of PASOK’s political planning, Panagiotis Dudonis, did not choose a background, but also appears on television, fighting and “crumpling” the profile of a non-partisan professor. This leads many to conclude that citizenship is probably something very likely.

First of Dendias

Nikos Dendias follows Kyriakos Mitsotakis, “he smelled the election.” The next Monday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs invites “his friends” for a drink on the golf course in Glyfada, thus opening the pre-election period. The fact that he starts his election campaign from Glyfada confirms, among other things, his close relationship with Mayor Giorgos Papanikolaou.

Traction error

Nikos Hardalias made an unprecedented mistake while visiting the Matrosos submarine, which shows that he did not fully understand his role and his responsibilities, but everything is done in terms of communicating with local authorities. In particular, at the end of the visit, he sent out a press release with many photographs, which, among other things, depicted … screens of submarine systems, which had never happened in the past and if – not – a gentleman – happened, there would be a “mosaic”. The Deputy Minister’s grave mistake caused an uproar among Navy officials as the national interest became soft mass in a politician’s rather bizarre need for “good communication.” And as they said, this is a general problem of the political leadership in the Ministry of Defense.