Panagiotis Dudonis, Secretary of Political Planning and Head of the State Ballot PASOK-Movement for Change appeared on the SKAI show today, accusing the New Democracy of “he wrote 300 pages, did his PhD on the Kasidiaris case, and forgot about the Kanellopoulos case and EAN.

In more detail regarding the question of Kasidiaris and the descent of the party of Kanellopoulos in the elections, Mr. Dudonis commented that “Kasidiaris was allowed 3 years to campaign politically from prison. We asked ourselves how? Let’s say he doesn’t have a cell phone. What computer does he log in from?? and pointed out that it was “an abuse of the right to contact one’s lawyer”. At the same time, he noted that “everyone admits at this moment, at this table, that it was a mistake that Kasidiaris campaigned from prison for 3 years. And there are specific political obligations.”

Asked if the state turned a blind eye, the secretary for political planning stated that “the state turned a blind eye. Why shouldn’t Casidiaris do it. He shouldn’t stand a chance. Tell me where in the world is this happening? Have another person call a lawyer, go to YouTube and get hundreds of thousands of subscribers. We know how a political campaign is run.”

Mr. Doudonis referred to the position taken by PASOK-Movement for Change on this issue since the day the criminal organization was condemned and recalled that “Fofi Gennimata has made a very specific proposal since October 2020 about criminal organizations that come to the polls.. Almost 2 years have passed from May 2021 to January 2023 and nothing has happened. We have seen the problem of real leadership approaching. We, as PASOK, then raised 2 issues: first, the definition of “real leadership” to make it more specific, and second, we raised the issue of the Supreme Court. That is, if our line had been followed, there would be no need for a second amendment.”

Review in N.D. and SYRIZA for their position towards the “Party of Cassidiari”

Commenting position of New Democracy and SYRIZA on the issue of Kasidiaris, the secretary of political planning stated that “SYRIZA did not submit the memorandum because it told us that it agreed with Alivisato’s amendment. To understand the absurdity, our memorandum is signed by Mr. Alivisatos as a proxy. In other words, we have already done what they consider incompatible,” and on the other hand, New Democracy wrote 300 pages, defended a Ph.D. on one side since you can have more than one private company. Kasidiaris appointed Kanellopoulos as president of his party for ten days and president of “EAN” for ten days at the same time. Moreover, she adored him. Why didn’t New Democracy mention this in the 300-page memo?”

At the same time, Mr. Dudonis wondered ifit would be the same position of the political system and the image that would be created if our proposal, the Alivisatos proposal, followed for a common memorandum that would cover both?

“Cooperation on the terms set by us”

Asked if PASOK-Movement for Change would like to cooperate with the government, Mr Dudonis stated that “if you want to say I’m not cooperating, say I’m not cooperating.” Let’s say it straight. It’s not a sin. We don’t say that. We say that we work together, but with programmatic coincidences. With the conditions that we set. The line of our president on this very serious institutional issue has remained unchanged from the moment of his election to the present day.“. He then noted that “what a person accepts is a matter of trust. Why SYRIZA came out yesterday and presented three programs in Thessaloniki, she gives everything, everything that can be imagined, and we are asked if we agree. It’s like being asked if you want to be smart, handsome and rich.”

At the same time, the secretary of political planning explained that “a parliamentary government is different from a presidential one. Here we are not going to vote in the second round of Mitsotakis or Tsipras, just as we are not voting for the prime minister. We vote for parliament in national elections. And if you look at the prime minister’s website, I don’t know if they changed it because I’ve been saying this for a few days now and maybe they had time to change it, it says: “The prime minister is the leader “. the first party on self-reliance, on the unreliability of the party, which agrees to participate in the government, parliamentary groups “”.

Mr. Dudonis, regarding the debate about the second elections and the limit of self-confidence if New Democracy gains about 35%, commented: “with which election law can you rely on your own strength with 35%? With no one. Ask Mr. Gerapetritis, who is also in charge of the following law, which is the limit of self-confidence. You understand that the fact that the second election was ignored by the government is very strange and unconstitutional.“.

With information from APE-MPE

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