The recent television appearance of Loukas Katselis<\/b> can hardly be considered accidental or innocent.<\/p>\n
The former minister clearly acted as a political trailblazer,<\/b> attempting to pave the way for a collaboration within the Left.<\/b><\/p>\n
With a statement full of ulterior motives, she threw down the gauntlet to Nikos Androulakis,<\/b> pressuring him to align with the plans for a joint campaign by PASOK<\/b> and the ELAS<\/b> led by Alexis Tsipras.<\/b><\/p>\n
Employing her familiar tone of supposed nonpartisan authority, <\/b>Ms. Katseli attempted to present as a matter of course what some want to be the next backroom deal<\/b> of the so-called progressive camp. <\/p>\n
The fact that she avoided mentioning specific individuals, resorting to the clich\u00e9 that every era produces its own leaders,<\/b> serves as the perfect smokescreen<\/b> to conceal the true aims of this potential new political vehicle.<\/p>\n
Its supposedly realistic rationale is nothing more than a blatant attempt to blackmail<\/b> the political agenda. <\/p>\n
Anticipating the failure to form a government after the first round of voting, she rushed to announce that concessions to ELAS during the second exploratory mandate would not be a choice, but an absolute and inevitable reality. <\/b><\/p>\n
Acting, it seems, as a vanguard for specific centers of power as well as media enclaves,<\/b> she wondered why this approach shouldn\u2019t begin right now. <\/p>\n
It is obvious that Ms. Katseli wants to impose a fait accompli, <\/b>dragging PASOK into an ideological capitulation to Alexis Tsipras, long before the citizens have cast their votes.<\/b><\/p>\n
Her attack was indirectly directed at PASOK, which she portrayed as a party trapped in introversion and the burdens of its historical trajectory, <\/b>and rather provocatively downplaying its current efforts. <\/p>\n
Her demand that Nikos Androulakis clarify here and now where he wants to take the party lacks any political courtesy <\/b>and is more reminiscent of an ultimatum<\/b> than a constructive dialogue.<\/p>\n
For some political observers, this belated appeal by Louka Katseli for political responsibility and unity is nothing more than a publicity stunt to legitimize Alexis Tsipras\u2019s return to the forefront. <\/b><\/p>\n
The bell, which is supposedly ringing for the future, is nothing more than the sound of pressure being exerted on the leadership at Harilaou Trikoupi to submit to a predetermined alliance,<\/b> which clearly serves personal and business strategies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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