Delphins in PASOK seem to be awaiting the result of the next election, but the question is what they will find after that.
Nikos Androulakis is threatening deletions – from now on, though – of anyone who doesn’t toe the party line, reminiscent of those who keep saying “last time I’ll put up with this” but end up doing nothing.
It makes sense for the party chairman not to want the image of introversion to come out. And to attempt to shut down scenarios like the one that speaks of his “on-board” change that began circulating after the conclusion of a polling cycle that opened with the party’s announcement of Alexis Tsipras.
At the same time, however, the party’s dolphins do not seem willing to engage in this pre-election race in order to avoid the scribbling. That is, to charge not with defeat, which is a given, but with the position on the… board on election Sunday night.
And there may be some references to the tactics being followed, which are increasingly turning PASOK into a protest party, but in essence they are avoiding open conflict at this time since the risk of being found to be disempowered is great.
But on the other hand, a big question arises. If PASOK continues on this path – of populism and toxicity – after the national elections what state it will be in. In other words, what will the next president pick up and how manageable will that be?
The fourth place or even the third will act as a centrifugal force for the benefit of other parties, possibly the second, and a return to Charilaou Trikoupis will be not difficult but impossible. See for example that to reach 11.8% in the 2023 elections took a lot of effort. And we are talking about a rise of just 3 points since 2019, while his main rival was dismantled.
Even worse, demographically he showed that he barely moved the needle sometimes and eventually it started pointing downwards. So the next one is in danger of finding what we call “scorched earth”
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