{"id":10948,"date":"2026-06-16T06:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T03:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10948"},"modified":"2026-06-16T06:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T03:22:00","slug":"the-narrative-of-the-peoples-representatives-the-opposition-and-mitsotakis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10948","title":{"rendered":"The narrative of the people\u2019s \u201crepresentatives,\u201d the opposition, and Mitsotakis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The narrative that wants the leaders of the <b>Left<\/b> to be close to the problems of <b>citizens<\/b>, is probably <b>not going anywhere.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>If there is one thing the leaders of the Left-wing parties\u2014and, more broadly, of the <b>opposition<\/b> is a <b>so-called populist profile.<\/b> That they stand with the people and, of course, that they represent them\u2014<b> whether they like it or not. <\/b>If there is also anything worth analyzing in the <b>polls<\/b> it is the specific data recorded and derived from citizens\u2019 responses.<\/p>\n<p>For example, <b>Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/b> <b>remains, by a wide margin, the most suitable candidate for prime minister<\/b>, with citizens <b>recognizing his leadership in crisis management and problem-solving<\/b> combined with the fact that he has a program which he is implementing in both the economy and security, both within and outside Greece.<\/p>\n<p>The Alco poll presented on Alpha TV\u2019s main news broadcast reveals another interesting finding based on a question regarding societal problems. The question is \u201cwhich political leader do you think best understands society\u2019s problems,\u201d and the answer <b>debunks the narrative of the self-proclaimed \u201cspokespersons\u201d of the people.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Specifically, <b>Kyriakos Mitsotakis is considered the leader who best understands society\u2019s problems<\/b> by 22%. He is followed by <b>Alexis Tsipras<\/b> with 12%, and in third place is <b>Nikos Androulakis<\/b> with 7%.<\/p>\n<p>This is a sign that those who appear to speak in the name of the people and identify themselves as their true representatives <b>are probably mistaken.<\/b> Just as <b>those who attempt to present themselves as children of the people <\/b>to show that they understand the problems faced by the people.<\/p>\n<p>This also indicates that <b>the promotion of measures related to social cohesion is having an impact.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The narrative that portrays the leaders of left-wing parties as being in tune with the problems faced by citizens doesn&#8217;t seem to be gaining traction.<br \/>\nIf there is one thing that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}