PASOK PASOK wants to promise measures without cost estimates, as evidenced by the statement by Pavlos Geroulanos.

Charilaou Trikoupi’s silence regarding Pavlos Geroulanos’s statements on the cost estimates for the measures could be interpreted as an acceptance of his refusal as well as of the justificationshe invoked to support his refusal.

Specifically, Pavlos Geroulanos stated: “So today, nine years ago, Mr. Mitsotakis said that the current economic model we have is bad, that it needs to be changed, and that he has the money to change it. That’s what Mr. Mitsotakis said. He got the money. Did he change it? No. “He’s the last person who has the right to call me out on what I say I’ll give to citizens, since I’m the one who’s going to change the economic model.”

And he added: “You should have had measures that tackle inflation; you should have had a model development model that meets the needs of the middle and lower classes today. Since you failed, you’re the last person who has the right to tell me how much what I’m proposing costs.”

He concluded by saying that “the government comes along and says, ‘Calculate the cost.’ By what criteria? I refuse to do so until the elections.”

In other words? Does PASOK want to promise whatever it wants and whatever comes to mind without stating how much each measure will cost and, above all, where it will find the money to finance it? Does that mean it wants to copy the Thessaloniki program of Alexis Tsipras without providing any accountability? Under the pretext that he’ll have a different development model?

And if that’s the case, when will he implement what he’s promising? When his… development model starts to pay off? The one that no one knows about and that, so far, has been described in terms of supporting society and taxing the wealthy, cracking down on cartels, and other such pleasantries—just as George Papandreou used to say, along with his famous “there is money” claim that ended up in… Kastellorizo and the first memorandum?

What Pavlos Geroulanos said may not be PASOK’s official position. The party headquarters at Harilaou Trikoupi Street should logically deny it. Otherwise, it will become the official position of the party—even if only as a dig— of the official opposition that claims to have an alternative proposal. A proposal that citizens need to know where it will lead and how much it will cost them.